Fire alarm triggered by cleaning activity in trash room


Fire crews responded to a fire alarm caused by workers cleaning in the trash room. They found no signs of smoke or fire and confirmed that the alarm had gone off due to the cleaning activities.
Audio|Source: Cambridge Fire
04:51
Transcript:
Ux 2891, location 116, Norfolk Street, from Suffolk Street to Worcester Street. Responses, engine 2, engine 5, ladder 3, Division 1. Nobody's up for your channel 16, 1110[1]. Ladder 3 to Fireland. File 1. File 1. File 3 is responder from Cambridge and Prospect. Receipts. Agent 4 to file out. File on answer, engine 4. Back and service. Received engine 4 back in service 1111[2]. Did you do a call fire alarm. C-22 to fire alarm on channel 14 for radio check. How do you read me on this channel? I'm answering 2. We have the response from Kendall Square. We're PHC 22. I can read you on this channel. Thank you, Fire alarm. I'm going to go to Channel 8 and call you one more time. Receive? Division 1, the fire alarm. Fire alarm answer in Division 1 are off. Division I will assume command, investigating. Go on to Channel 16. Division I enter 5 on location, Division 1, your own location and command. Investigating further, 1113[3]. Division 1 enter 5 on location, Division 1, your own location and command. Investigating further, 1113. Thank you time. We have an activation on the ground floor trash room if you can help find it. Command Hill Latter 3. Title 3. Disregard. Command 2. Do you mention 5? Thank you, Scott. Yeah, just be advised, the ground floor, I think is the basement. Yeah, but we're in the ground for now, they're going to the trash room. Ten-four. Engine two, calling North Fork, Command. Command, answering. We're staged on Washington and North Fork with a hydrogen. Ten-four. command. The command answering. Workers in the trash room, we have the activation head. No smoke, no fire. It's just a little hot down here. Gosh, there's a heat. So, God. All right, see if you can find a way to mitigate death from happening again. Yep, we have it. North full command fire alarm. I'm answering Norfolk Command. We have workers in the building cause the activation. I'm going to hold engine 5 in Division 1. All the companies are clear to return. The Chief Command Report on Vox 2891[4]. Confirm workers in the building cause the activation holding Engine 5 Division 1. All the companies can clear and return. 118. Change your private command. Command answering. You're going to cover the heads with a plastic cover and continue to work down here. They're just cleaning up so it just cause the activation. Set for. The fire loft panel is set in holding now. Receive for making the way up.
Police codes explained
The following codes appeared in the transcript and are explained below:
[1]
1110: Time/incident code
[2]
1111: Time/incident code
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1113: Time/incident code
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Vox 2891: Alarm box activation
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Location mentioned:
Near Norfolk St, Cambridge, MA 02139
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