False fire alarm due to smoke in apartment building, Springfield MA

Fire & Arson

Reported: 11/1/2025 02:05 PM

Near Central St, Springfield, MA 01105

Fire crews responded to a fire alarm at Viva Development near Central St. They found no fire but detected unintentional smoke on the fourth floor. The landlord had already reset the fire alarm system before firefighters arrived.

Audio|Source: Springfield Fire

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Transcript:

00:00

Command 2. Engine 1.

00:03

Truck 1.

00:04

Respond to near Central St.

00:07

Viva Development.

00:09

Radio Bop.

00:22

Dr. (name withheld), you an engine 1.

00:24

Near Central St., Viva Development, Radio Box 905-Zone 2. Coming to the General Fire Alarm, also to see a low battery alarm, the branded development there with a brand new radio box.

00:39

Okay, receive.

00:45

So I receive.

00:51

Fire alarm, engine one, truck one.

00:54

All right.

00:56

The report on Box 9050, just cleared, no call from the address or any kind of workers.

01:05

Okay, we're almost there. We'll both continue.

01:08

All right, see, both are you going to continue.

01:15

Truck one and fire alarm.

01:17

Well, I was now for truck one.

01:20

Bronteen with the engine, four-story order, nothing's showing. We'll be investigating. I'll be able to investigate it. Trouble.

01:27

How did you want, Throckwana Roth? We've got a four-story ordinary, nothing shown,

01:30

investigating. Truck one has Central Street command.

01:33

Central Command of Fireland. Final Time for Central Street Command.

01:39

You can terminate command and put the truck in the engine back in service.

01:42

That is going to be unintentional smoking fourth floor. Landlord reset the system before our arrival.

01:49

Unintentional smoking fourth floor.

01:51

Landlord reset the system of floor to fire apartments arrive. Engine one's back and service command is terminated.

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Near Central St, Springfield, MA 01105

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