False fire alarm at apartment building caused by workers, Manchester NH

Fire & Arson

Reported: 11/11/2025 11:13 AM

Near Elm St, Manchester, NH 03101

Fire crews responded to an alarm at Red Oak Apartments near Hanover Street. The alarm was accidentally triggered by workers, and no fire was found.

Audio|Source: Manchester Fire

02:24

Transcript:

00:00

Engine 7 and 6, truck one, car one, trial response.

00:04

Box 2432, Red Oak Apartments, near Hanover Street, Radio Box line.

00:11

Engine 7, engine 6, truck one, car one, the trial response.

00:15

Box 2432, Red Oak Apartments,

00:18

near Hanover Street, Radio Box line.

00:21

I'm in Chestnut,

00:23

and I'll play text for.

00:29

Any attempts responding?

00:32

Already on the Hanover Street.

00:34

The engine still responding from Hanover Street.

00:36

Quad 1 to Fireland.

00:42

We're on scene near Hanover Street.

00:44

Five-story ordinary construction,

00:46

investigating, establishing Hanover Street command.

00:49

Squad here, five-story ordinary.

00:51

You're investigating you have command.

00:57

Overstreet command of fireline we got reports to workmen

01:02

Okay, investigate a report of workman

01:09

So let's go to fire line, let's please go under control set off by workman holding car one and squad one you can release all the company

01:29

Receive you under control on Hanover Street,

01:32

and hold squad one, return all the companies.

01:38

I'm just excited that we're in service.

01:44

Do you have command of fire alarm.

01:47

Dancerment command.

01:50

Command terminated.

01:51

Let's just call.

01:53

Zachary, Word, Command, Terminator, Classification on the Blocity of Militius Fass.

02:01

North Street Command a fire alarm.

02:06

Oh, I'm answering command.

02:10

This is going to be an accidental activation due to workman.

02:14

We're to terminate command.

02:16

It's called unavailable.

02:20

Cross flight on the box, Jackson, on the south are working command terminated squad ones in.

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Near Elm St, Manchester, NH 03101

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