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False fire alarm at vacant apartment in ChelseaChelsea MA

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Near Central Ave, Chelsea, MA 02150

An alarm activation was reported in a vacant apartment at 170 Central Ave, apartment 739, in Chelsea. Responding units investigated and found the alarm was caused by a malfunction, possibly due to food left on the stove.

Audio|Source: Chelsea Fire Dispatch
03:51
Transcript:
00:00
Be phone alarm for box 1331 Auxiliary, the dual apartment, that number 170,
00:06
central out.
00:07
Report of an alarm activation, apartment 739.
00:11
The sponsor box is Chelsea in two, engine four, tower one, ladder two, card three.
00:18
Chelsea phone alarm for Box 1331 Auxiliary, the dual apartment at No.
00:24
170, Central Ave.
00:26
apartment number 739, a report of alarm activation.
00:30
Response to the box, Chelsea Engine 2, Engine 4, Tower 1, Ladder 2, Car 3.
00:35
Your fire ground channel is Channel 2.
00:42
Not 3 to fire off.
00:48
All right, I'm answering Catherine.
00:52
All copies be a responder from Lower Broadwood.
00:55
We have the response from Lower Broadway.
00:58
Cot 3 to file on.
01:00
Commands, Ryan.
01:03
Route 170, Central F,
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Cod 3, Central Off Command.
01:09
See what the company is.
01:10
Central Off Command, 2110.
01:17
All want to command.
01:19
Yeah, so.
01:22
Yeah, well, uh, main FireL Off panel is not activated this time.
01:27
We're heading up at 739.
01:32
All right, I think the tenant just called this their alarm was going off.
01:40
All right, that's enough.
01:47
Before the command, we're up on Central and Highland.
01:48
We're up on Central and Highland.
01:51
Yep.
01:56
The alarm is central off command.
02:01
I ask you.
02:03
We advise the reporting party is an apartment number 737.
02:07
She’s reporting the alarms are going off next door to her.
02:10
It’s just that single apartment of 739.
02:15
No, there’s nothing.
02:16
You get that message?
02:19
Negative K, broken up.
02:23
The call is in 737, says the alarms are going off in 739.
02:31
All right, have the message.
02:37
I want to come in.
02:40
That’s all.
02:42
Yeah, we're approaching the door now.
02:44
It sounds like we've got to have food on the stove.
02:51
All right.
02:57
Yep, what part of the building is that?
03:00
It's going to be towards the B side, Bravo side of the building.
03:08
Yeah, that's Bravo's side.
03:15
Sal want to come in?
03:18
That's all.
03:20
Yeah, we've got a vacant apartment.
03:21
739 is vacant.
03:24
We have no orders inside of there.
03:28
Looks like it's an apparent malfunction.
03:32
Okay, I have a message.
03:33
Central Office, Command, Fireland.
03:36
Sir in command.
03:41
Send the all out in the box, you hold engine 2 in the tower.
03:47
Okay, send the all out on the box, you're holding engine 2 in the tower.
03:51
2115.

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