Sprinkler tampering causes alarm near Westbrook St, South Portland ME
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Fire & ArsonAccording to the dispatch call, fire crews responded to a possible fire alarm activation near Westbrook Street in the Long Creek area. It appears that a resident may have tampered with a sprinkler head in a boiler room, triggering a water flow alarm. Units were dispatched to investigate and manage the incident.
Audio|Heard on: South Portland Police and Fire/EMS Dispatch
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00:42
Transcript:
00:00
Attention stations, striking the city box 8000, near Westbrook Street, Long Creek for a general alarm showing water flow.
00:11
Staff let us know a resident tampered with a sprinkler head in the boiler room.
00:15
Responding on the boxes ladder forty-five, engine forty-four, car forty-two, engine forty-six.
00:20
Your ops channel is seven.
00:23
Again, striking the city box 8000, near Westbrook Street.
00:28
Street Long Creek, for a general alarm showing water flow.
00:34
A resident tampered with the sprinkler head in the boiler room.
00:36
Respond on the boxes ladder 45, engine 44, car 42 and 46.
00:40
Your ops channel is seven.
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Location mentioned:
Westbrook St, South Portland, ME 04106
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