Fire Alarm Triggered By Food Left On Stove


A fire alarm was triggered at a location where food was left cooking on the stove. Fire crews responded but found there was no real fire.
Audio|Source: Cambridge Fire
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Transcript:
Fire alarm answering engine 2. Responding to the box. Received your responding. B. Box 2812[1] for 200 Columbia Street. The response is Engine 2, Engine 2, Engine 5, Collider 1, and Division 1. Operate Channel 16, 1020. Be advised. Box 2812 is adjacent to 200 Columbia Street. Division 1 of Fire 1. Fire alarm answering, Division 1. We have the box. You can show us responding. Proceed. Your spawner. 1020. Engine 5 to fire 1. Fire 1. Fire alarm answering engine 5. We can show us responding as well from Prospect and Harvard. Receives, you're responding, 1021. Engine 2, the fire alarm. Fire alarm answering engine 2. On location be Columbia Street Command and going to Channel 16. Receives, Engine 2 on location, Engine 2 will have command, 1021. Columbia Street Command, a fire alarm. Fire alarm, and turn, command. You can't reduce for assignment to engine two, food on the stove. Proved, confirmed food on stove, holding engine two only. Engines, ladder, ladder one, and division.
Police codes explained
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[1]
Box 2812: Fire Alarm Activation
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Location mentioned:
Near Columbia St, Cambridge, MA 02139
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