False fire alarm at high school building, Stamford CT

Fire & Arson

Reported: 10/29/2025 11:58 AM

Near Roxbury Rd, Stamford, CT 06902

Responders were dispatched to a fire alarm activation at a high school near Roxbury Road. Upon investigation, no fire or alarm activation was found. The alarm was traced to the agricultural science building where no fire was detected. The incident was determined to be a false alarm.

Audio|Source: Stamford Fire and EMS - Digital

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Transcript:

00:00

Attention turn of river.

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Fire units.

00:03

Engine 9. Engine 8.

00:05

Engine 6. Truck 3.

00:07

Unit 5. Use fire ground 1.

00:09

Respond to near Roxbury Rd.

00:12

Westhill High School.

00:13

For fire alarm high hazard.

00:15

Cross streets are West Hill Road and Overhill Road.

00:18

Time 1,500 hours.

00:29

We're here on a property, near Roxbury Road,

00:32

doing a hydrant inspection.

00:34

We're going to circle around front to check what the indication is.

00:38

Let's see, engine nine's on the scene,

00:40

doing hydrogen inspection.

00:42

Checking the indication, 15-01.

00:46

We have nothing showing from the rear of the building.

00:52

Receive nothing shown from rear of the building.

00:58

I'm Brendan to see if I'm running.

01:05

I'm from Brennan.

01:07

To see him Mary up.

01:13

D.FM, Brian, can you switch to TAC2 Rescue 1, trying to reach you on TAC2?

01:22

29, Stanford.

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29.

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For near Roxbury Road.

01:30

They claimed that they had no fire alarm activation inside, and there's nothing on the panel here. Can we try back the alarm company?

01:42

Received.

01:47

Stanford, you can recall near Roxbury Road, holding engine 9 truck 3.

01:56

Received, recall near Roxbury Road.

01:58

Hold the engine 9 truck 3 only, 29.

02:03

All right, one of the custodians here said it's the ag science building was the indication, so we're going to go over there and check it out.

02:09

He was just in there, though.

02:11

Thank you. Hello.

02:14

Thank you.

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Near Roxbury Rd, Stamford, CT 06902

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