False fire alarm at Merrimack Street building, Lowell MA

Fire & Arson

Reported: 11/13/2025 06:19 AM

Near Merrimack St, Lowell, MA 01854

A fire alarm was reported near Merrimack Street in Lowell. Fire department responded but found no smoke or fire. The alarm was determined to be false and all units returned to service.

Audio|Source: Lowell Fire Department

02:20

Transcript:

00:00

Gaining DBA-66, low fire department, announcing a Masterbox alarm, referencing box 719-1-3, near Merrimack Street, engine 3, engine 6, engine 4, ladder 3, rescue, car 2 to respond.

00:15

And announcing a master-box alarm, near Merrimack Street, referencing box 1399,

00:22

engine 3, engine 6, engine 4, ladder 3, rescue, car 2 to respond.

00:26

All companies, standby on the radio test.

00:28

Cross streets are Aiken Street and Spalding Street.

00:37

Check free is on the way.

00:51

8-2-6 is responding.

00:56

824 is responding.

01:03

Card 2 is responding.

01:06

Car 2, you're responding.

01:08

Property protection.

01:09

Just give us a call, General Fire.

01:17

Engine three is on scene, four story, ordinary, nothing showing, checking it out.

01:22

While I'm at that engine three on scene, four story, ordinary, nothing showing, checking it out.

01:34

Ladder three to COG2, we have no stroke.

01:40

Yeah, I have that.

01:42

Cart two's unseen, Cartoon is command.

01:46

Parliamenta, Cartier, you have Mayor Maxwell, Command.

01:49

Just read a command.

01:53

Command answering.

02:01

Command of Fire Alarm,

02:03

there's nothing going on here to strike this out.

02:05

All companies are returning.

02:09

Reduce Response Engine 3 only from here on out.

02:14

Fire alarm, I'm at that Meramextry Command.

02:16

Nothing going on, striking it out.

02:18

Reduce Response Engine 3 for anything that comes in further.

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Near Merrimack St, Lowell, MA 01854

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