False fire alarm triggered at elementary school, Springfield MA
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Fire & ArsonAccording to the dispatch call, a fire alarm at DeBarr-Swan Elementary School at 680 Union Street was triggered by a child pulling the alarm. The school was evacuated, but the alarm was a false alarm. Fire and emergency personnel responded to the incident and confirmed no fire was present.
Audio|Heard on: Springfield Fire
Listen to dispatch call
03:27
Transcript:
00:00
Coffey's in the field, standby for the high-rise box.
00:02
680 Union Street in the 8th District.
00:17
Command 2. Engine 8.
00:20
Truck 2. District Chief 2.
00:22
Respond to 680 Union Street.
00:25
Cedar is 1 Elementary School.
00:27
Radio Box High Rise.
00:28
8,
00:30
Truck 2, District Chief 2.
00:38
Chief 2, you're responding with Truck 2 Engine 8 to 680 Union Street.
00:43
It's going to be DeBarry-Swan Elementary School for Radio Box 966-Z6-Rise alarm.
00:47
Box 9066, Zone 1 General Fire Alarm.
00:52
Very soon.
00:59
It's going to be 93 Grakamal Av, again 93 Grecamol Av, lot 112 over in the 5 district.
01:10
Squad on to the Weimar.
01:13
Receive squad on, steam with Amar.
01:17
Training one.
01:26
It should be on 6th, number 6th Street, 6th Avenue.
01:35
Recease.
01:39
Thank you, Receive.
01:40
You can put me on the same.
01:48
Truck 1 is on, see where they am.
01:51
Service, being waved off.
01:54
Received truck 1 on, see with AMR, back in service.
01:58
Truck 2, fire alarm.
02:05
Problems on for truck 2.
02:08
You can put truck 2 engine 8, Chief 2 on scene.
02:11
We'll be investigating.
02:12
School has been evacuated.
02:15
Receive, truck two, engine A, chief two on scene.
02:17
School has been investigated.
02:19
We'll be investigating.
02:21
Chief two to truck two.
02:25
Truck two.
02:27
Lou, I just spoke to security.
02:29
He is that a young child pulled the pole station.
02:37
Truck for the fire alarm.
02:40
Pran's on for truck for him.
02:43
Truck 4 on scene, 93 Grockmondev with 31.
02:47
Receive truck 4 on scene, 93 Grockmolab with training 1.
02:54
Engine 5, the fire alarm, engine 5 is going to be back in service.
02:58
PD has the scene, AMR has the patient.
03:02
Receive engine 5 back in service.
03:04
Squad, that's going to be apartment.
03:07
Apartment number 2, squad.
03:15
Truck to the chief-to.
03:19
Chief-to. Chief-to.
03:22
We're having maintenance reset the pole station now and then we're going to go for the reset on the system.
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This transcript is automatically generated by AI from live dispatch audio. Dispatch communications may include background noise, overlapping speakers, or rapidly evolving situations, and automated transcription may not capture all details or context.
Location mentioned:
Union St, Springfield, MA 01109
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