False fire alarm triggered at near Smith Rd in West Stockbridge, West Stockbridge MA

Fire & Arson

Reported: 11/1/2025 05:53 AM

Near Smith Rd, West Stockbridge, MA 01266

A fire alarm was triggered near Smith Rd in West Stockbridge. Initial reports mentioned possible smoke from nearby woods. Fire and police responded but found no active fire or alarm. The alarm company confirmed the alarm was a false activation and provided a cancellation code.

Audio|Source: Southern Berkshire County Police, Fire and EMS

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Transcript:

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Birch control west stoppage fire respond reported fire alarm[1] activated near Smith Rd pause resident once again that's stoppage fire fire is near Smith Rd reported fire alarm activated forks are clear age 54

00:22

Could be 22, can't exactly be spoken up,

00:28

but there appears to be a little bit of smoke coming from the woods kind of across the street.

00:35

Please,

00:44

could you please send another unit up Castle Hill to get on the other side?

00:53

Very safe.

01:00

31 Central

01:02

31.

01:09

Just advising National Great He has a pickup truck here right now.

01:18

Two eight four nine.

01:27

Three.

01:29

Showing to three respondent in the Alford Road for the lawyer's call.

01:41

31 Central, can you just advise fire departments to come up iconic,

01:50

not from the other direction?

01:56

Received, stoppage car one in Route 858. Be advised, we did get a request for cancellation from the alarm company proper passcode to receive.

02:05

The alarm company did not get a reason for the alarm.

02:12

Potential fire is on that side of the wire down.

02:19

To a stated, these are most fancy.

02:25

492, Clearing Barrington, H. 3.

02:38

through to Connick have for the officer on-seat.

02:48

We'll make our way up to Connick. We'll make our way up to Connick.

02:50

See,

02:54

Registry.

02:57

Brugure is backbridge car one.

03:06

Yeah, 302 is on the scene, said he walked around the residence, couldn't see any problem. There's no alarm sounding at this time.

Police codes explained

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

[1]

fire alarm: Activated automatic fire alarm signal

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Near Smith Rd, West Stockbridge, MA 01266

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