Smoke detector alarm caused by disabled battery in Townsend, Townsend MA

Fire & Arson

Reported: 09/26/2025 08:40 AM (PDT)

Townsend, MA

Fire and police responded to a smoke detector alarm near Bartle Pass in Townsend. Police found the house's door open but no smoke or fire. The alarm was from an upstairs smoke detector with a disabled 9-volt battery. Residents had removed other alarms except for the one that went off.

Audio|Source: Townsend Fire Dispatch

02:32

Transcript:

00:00

Towns afar, standby for the Fireland Activation 11, 11,

00:05

18 Braillepath.

00:07

Farlem activation 18 broilpath.

00:19

Attention, towns and fire department.

00:21

Respond to 18 Bartle Pass, meet PD.

00:24

Originally came in as an unknown alarm activation.

00:28

PD cleared the house with an open door.

00:31

Upstairs smoke detector activation, no smoke or fire. Repeating attention, towns and fire department, respond to 18 bridal pass.

00:40

Meet PD.

00:42

It came in as an unknown alarm.

00:44

PD cleared the residence as an upstairs smoke detector activation, no smoke or fire.

00:49

Time it turns at 1141.

00:53

I'm going to respond to 18 bridal paths.

01:01

PD advising... They have silenced the alarm and are clearing the residents at 1142.

01:15

Headquarters, fireline.

01:18

I'm answering headquarters.

01:22

I have the message.

01:24

Engine one's on the air waiting a crew.

01:29

See those message.

01:31

One's on awaiting a crew 1142.

01:36

I'm Sanjian 1.

01:44

I'm Sanjul 1.

01:58

And you're on answering.

02:00

I'm not sure if you monitored PD.

02:04

The sergeant's advising was an upstairs detector, the 9-volt battery,

02:09

that appeared,

02:11

I guess, disabled.

02:12

The alarm, the residents had taken down the alarms and the rest of the house except for that alarm.

02:26

Receive to have the message.

02:28

We'll come through and verify.

02:32

Okay.

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Smoke detector alarm caused by disabled battery in Townsend, Townsend MA

Fire and police responded to a smoke detector alarm near Bartle Pass in Townsend. Police found the house's door open but no smoke or fire. The alarm was from an upstairs smoke detector with a disabled 9-volt battery. Residents had removed other alarms except for the one that went off.

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