False fire alarm due to smoking on 10th floor stairwell, Springfield MA

Fire & Arson

Reported: 11/9/2025 04:19 AM

Near Lowell St, Springfield, MA 01107

Fire alarms sounded at a multi-story building on Lowell Street. Upon investigation, smoke was found in the 10th floor stairwell caused by unintentional smoking. No fire or emergency was detected.

Audio|Source: Springfield Fire

02:59

Transcript:

00:00

Fire alarm to engine seven.

00:06

Fire alarm to engine seven.

00:09

Engine seven.

00:11

Engine seven, you're responding with truck one and chief one to 101 Lowell Street for the radio box.

00:17

Payman is a zone one general fire alarm.

00:31

7-4-11.

00:36

Fire alarms on engine 7, go ahead.

00:41

Engine 7 is on scene, once the door for the start building.

00:45

Alarms are sounding, nothing showing at this time will be investigating.

00:51

Receive engine 7 on scene,

00:53

multi-story,

00:55

alarms are sounding, investigating.

01:01

Chief 1 on scene at Santa America.

01:05

Receive Chief 1, I'm seeing, assuming command.

01:08

Command to Truck 1, you can stay outside.

01:14

You need to come in.

01:15

I'll call you by your chief.

01:19

Truck 1 to see.

01:24

Engine 7 to Chief 1.

01:27

Go ahead.

01:33

Go ahead, engine 7.

01:39

Truck 1 on scene staging.

01:42

Receive truck 1 on scene staging.

01:45

Command to engine 7 alpha, go ahead.

01:50

I can read a follow.

01:58

Time's on, TAC3, go ahead.

02:00

You can put TAC3 back in service AMR and care of the patient.

02:03

Receive TAC 3, back in service, AMR and care of the patient.

02:06

Engine 7 to Chief 1.

02:14

Chief 1 to engine 7 Alpha.

02:17

Engine 7 Alpha. Get to 7 alpha.

02:22

Engine 7 to level.

02:24

Engine 7 to Lowell Street Command.

02:32

Go ahead.

02:36

Found the detector, it's going to be 10th floor stairwell smoking.

02:44

All right, you can handle fire alarm, you can put Chief One and truck one back in service.

02:55

Inger 7 will follow when they get to the apparatus.

02:58

That's going to be unintentional smoking.

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Near Lowell St, Springfield, MA 01107

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