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Fire alarm triggered at Westport junior senior high schoolWestport MA

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audio iconFire & Arson
Westport, MA

According to the dispatch call, a fire alarm was activated at Westport Junior/Senior High School due to an issue with the sprinkler system tamper switch. Staff located the cause. No fire found.

Audio|Heard on: Fall River Police and Fire
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01:25
Transcript:
00:00
First alarm for fire alarm activation.
00:05
Near Old County Road, Westport Junior/Senior High School.
00:09
Engine 3, engine 4, rescue 1, rescue 2 responding.
00:20
Fire alarm.
00:21
Engine 3 is on the air responding.
00:24
Near Old County Road.
00:25
The advisable stations will be on manned.
00:28
Recy, your tools being evacuated.
00:36
So the panel reads there is a sprinkler room tamper switch issue.
00:43
I did make my way into the sprinkler room.
00:46
I'm unable to discern what the issue is.
00:48
So can you notify the contact that they have to have somebody address that?
00:57
All these 35, you spoke with the SRO, they may have located the cause of that.
01:06
Bridgette.
01:10
231-762. What was that zone again?
01:15
A lot of companies said zone 2.493, smoke MS, second floor restroom, 2315.
01:23
Pre-safeat, thank you.

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Incident Timeline

  1. System Reset and All Clear
  2. Further Investigation and Communication
  3. Investigation of Alarm Cause
  4. Evacuation and Initial Response
  5. Fire Alarm Activation and Dispatch

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