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False alarm from broken sprinkler head in parking garage, Waltham MA

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Hill St, Waltham, MA 02452

According to the dispatch call, fire crews responded to a waterflow alarm at a parking garage near Hill Street in Waltham. The cause was a broken sprinkler head. The affected sprinkler was isolated, and there was no fire.

Audio|Heard on: Waltham Fire
Listen to dispatch call
02:22
Transcript:
00:00
Waltham fire answering engine 3.
00:03
Capp, Hill 3 and waterflow, Level G1, sprinkler.
00:10
Waterflow, Level G1, sprinkler, you're investigating C2.
00:17
I have that.
00:19
Also C2, Watertown's engine is responding on the line box at (number withheld).
00:26
I have that too.
00:31
Measure 1 out of hydrant.
00:34
Measure 1, you're at Hydron at (number withheld).
00:38
Ladder 2 is off.
00:40
2, you're off (number withheld).
00:50
Squad 5 to Waltham.
00:53
Squad 5.
00:55
Sign-time available at the garage at this time.
01:01
I'll show you unavailable at (number withheld).
01:08
All-tham fire calling engine 2.
01:14
200.
01:16
Are you available?
01:19
Negative, we're in the process.
01:21
We're in the process. We're switching over to the new truck.
01:24
Receive.
01:28
Recite one is off.
01:31
One, you're off at (number withheld)s, sorry.
01:34
Oppos command.
01:36
7, off of command.
01:39
Office command at (number withheld) engine 7.
01:41
Was there another unit trying to get in there?
01:45
Receive 2 is off with command.
01:47
C2, you also have command at (number withheld).
01:56
Engine 3 to command.
02:00
Go ahead, 3.
02:02
Yeah,
02:04
we've got a broken sprinkler head in the parking garage out of the line has been isolated.
02:11
Did you say you shut down that part of it?
02:16
Mayn't it shut down, the deed of this one head?
02:21
All right, bad.

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Location mentioned:
Hill St, Waltham, MA 02452

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