Smoke alarm false alarm at assisted living home

Heard on: Steuben Fire

02:08

This transcript is auto-generated from live dispatch audio and may be incomplete or inaccurate. It is not an official report and may change.

00:00

The Machias Fire Department, the Machias Fire, taking a report of a smoke alarm activation,

00:06

(number withheld) Stackpole Drive, assisted living, laundry room.

00:13

The Machias Fire Department, taking a smoke alarm activation, (number withheld) Stackpole Drive in Machias,

00:20

assisted living, the laundry room activation.

00:24

Also, we'll need a driver for apparatus.

00:27

We'll need a driver for apparatus.

00:30

Time of tone is 8:46.

00:45

10-4,

01:17

Dan. I got people talking over you.

01:20

I believe you said disregard construction.

01:30

Also, your radio is very poor.

01:54

Put Machias Fire, power intensity Machias Fire, you can disregard last call.

01:58

False alarm due to construction.

02:00

Repeating, Machias Fire, disregard last call.

02:04

False alarm due to construction.

02:06

Have a cancellation, 0849 .

8/31/2026 05:46 AM

Fire

Stackpole Rd, Machias, ME 04654

Not official report. AI-generated from public dispatch audio. Always verify with official sources.

As discussed during the dispatch call, fire crews were dispatched to a reported smoke alarm activation in the laundry room of an assisted living facility near Stackpole Drive in Machias. The call was later canceled as a false alarm caused by construction activity.