Fire alarm at Exchange Court units shows no fire, Waltham MA

Fire & Arson

Reported: 10/26/2025 04:11 PM

Near Exchange Ct, Waltham, MA 02451

A central fire alarm was triggered at Exchange Court units near number 7 through 11, specifically unit 9. Fire crews responded and investigated the area but found no signs of fire on arrival. The incident was checked thoroughly, including elevators and access issues due to illegally parked vehicles in the fire lane. The case was closed with no fire confirmed.

Audio|Source: Waltham Police & Fire

02:16

Transcript:

00:00

Attention engine 4 engine 1,

00:03

rescue 1, ladder 2.

00:05

Engine 4 engine 1, rescue 1, ladder 2. Number 7 through 11 Exchange Court for a central station alarm[1] indicating Unit 9.

00:18

Engine 4, engine 1, rescue 1, ladder 2, 7 through 11 exchange court for a central station alarm[1],

00:29

unit 9 devices.

00:31

Exchange streets at the dead end,

00:33

transmitting 312,

00:35

engine 4.

00:38

4 has an exchange court.

00:41

Rescue 1.

00:44

Rescue One.

00:47

Moody Company.

00:50

Moody has them.

00:53

Transmitting 312, 1914.

01:16

Goose.

01:18

Winner Street Command to fire alarm.

01:21

Windier Street Command.

01:25

All elevators were checked.

01:27

One is out of service. The other three are operating normally and unoccupied.

01:31

I believe this is an ongoing issue with improper use of the security access in the elevator.

01:35

We've notified our facilities here in the past. They need signage.

01:40

If you can notify them, let them know we've checked them out. And also notify them to have vehicles parked in the rear, illegally in the fire lane. making access difficult.

01:48

We're going to terminate command company supported.

01:51

We'll make the notifications command terminated at 1916.

02:08

We're off on Exchange Court. We have nothing showing.

02:11

We'll be passing command.

02:13

You're off passing command, nothing showing at 19302.

Police codes explained

The following codes appeared in the transcript and are explained below:

[1]

central station alarm: Alarm automatically received from a private monitoring company indicating a possible emergency at a location.

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