Smoke fills hallway in Worcester group home fire call, Worcester MA


A caller from apartment 3A at a group home near Richards St in Worcester reported smoke filling the hallway and alarms sounding. She was unable to exit the hallway. Fire units responded and found a three-story wood-frame residential group home with no visible fire on arrival. The fire department began investigating the situation and established command at the scene.
Audio|Source: Worcester City Fire and EMS
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Transcript:
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Poh-Beechall Company strike in a box,
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Near Richards St.
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Ported possible structure.
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Central Company's striking box 5-50, Richards St, that Illinois Street,
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purported possible structure fire.
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Coverset of engine 5,
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engine 4, engine 2,
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engine 13.
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Ladder 4, car ladder 7.
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The writ will be ladder 5.
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Rescue 1, company,
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car 4, and safety.
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Engine 5, engine 4, engine 2, engine 13,
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ladder 4, ladder 7.
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The writ is going to be ladder 5, rescue company, car 4, and safety.
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Near Richards St report instruction for that.
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Fire speed robber.
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Timeout is 6.02.
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Stop here, file on my admin.
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Fireline.
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I agree to respond to Richards St.
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Radio too creepy.
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Drop for the fire on.
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File on.
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File on.
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What job paid for Richards?
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Chief one call, caller reporting,
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Near Richards St reporting,
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hallway's full of smoke, alarms going off, no fire scene, call is calling from 3A, and she's unable to get out of the hallway.
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Okay, receipt.
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Is that a central station, you know?
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I'll do a history, hang on one second.
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Ride of four to lot of seven. Live seven.
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Hey, we're gonna take Cambridge Street.
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Yeah, we'll come in from Maine.
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File after car four, I believe it's a residential,
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three-story residential.
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Okay, receipt.
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Engine 7, Fire alarm[1].
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Fire alarm[1].
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We're back in quarters.
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6 o'clock.
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Glad of 4 to file on this radio report?
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Yes, Glada 4.
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Laddivore is in line, but we have a three-story wood frame residential group home.
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We have nothing showing.
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Radifor is in the predicated strategy for the current assignment.
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Light of four as Richards St Command.
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Gladifoy, your arrival,
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three-story, wood frame,
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group home. Nothing showing.
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You're investigating, you're establishing Richards St Command at 606.
Police codes explained
The following codes appeared in the transcript and are explained below:
[1]
Fire alarm: Fire-related incident notification/dispatch
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Location mentioned:
Near Richards St, Worcester, MA 01603
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