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Fire alarm triggered by faulty smoke detector in residenceFitchburg MA

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Fitchburg, MA 01420

A fire alarm was triggered in a residential unit due to a faulty smoke detector. No fire was found and no one was home. Maintenance was notified and is responding from about 40 minutes away to replace the detector.

Audio|Source: Fitchburg and Lunenburg Fire and Mid State Control
03:42
Transcript:
00:00
My alarm. We're calling the maintenance.
00:14
See if there's somebody that's on site that can respond over here.
00:18
We're having difficulty accessing the Knox Box and the house.
00:38
Fire alarm from 19, Ladder 1.
00:41
Ladder 1 rescue 2 on arrival.
00:45
Ladder 1 rescue 2 on arrival.
00:48
940.
00:56
I don't want them to be a smoke-deception now function.
01:00
Nobody holds.
01:04
Ten-four, you good with rescue too?
01:10
As long as nobody's hiding somewhere.
01:20
Bermrescu-one.
01:22
No.
01:25
Ariveau revalometer.
01:26
No.
01:28
I have a little one.
01:31
Firelight from 19C.
01:39
This is a smoke detector in the unit.
01:42
No apparent cause, no one home.
01:44
Lot of 1, rescue 2, clear, C5 is going to be standing by for maintenance.
01:50
Okay, here's clear.
01:53
The phone detector, excuse.
01:54
No one in the resident.
01:56
He's not really standing by them.
02:03
Command file, file out.
02:12
Any response for maintenance?
02:16
That's a negative.
02:18
I'm attempted to now contact the primary and secondary contact.
02:22
We have a motion.
02:27
(name withheld).
02:29
Digitone to fire alarm.
02:38
File on the air, inspections.
02:43
Manager 1 on the air, file on 945.
02:58
I did make contact they said that they are about 40 minutes away all maintenance and responsible parties are currently in westerners.
03:10
Okay 40 minutes away they're responding or they're just not able to?
03:17
That's affirmative they are 40 minutes away and responding.
03:23
Okay, you could just advise them,
03:26
faulty smoke detector,
03:28
in that unit 315, it's been removed, needs it to be replaced.
03:35
They want to go ahead and investigate and do that when they arrive.
03:39
If they have any questions, they can call me, you can show me clear.

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Fitchburg, MA 01420

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