False fire alarm at Phillips Academy building, Andover MA

Fire & Arson

Reported: 10/29/2025 10:47 PM

1-, 17 Hidden Field Rd, Andover, MA 01810

Fire alarm activated for burning plastic at Phillips Academy, Johnson Hall. Fire units responded but found no fire, no carbon monoxide, and no emergency. Security confirmed there was nothing showing.

Audio|Source: Merrimack Valley Police, Fire and EMS

02:21

Transcript:

00:00

1AWLadder, engine 2, car 2A1, spawned, near Hidden Field Rd.

00:05

Phillips Academy, Johnson Hall.

00:08

Report of burning plastic, called in by security.

00:12

Send you 1, Ladder, Engine 2, Car 2A1, spawned, near Hidden Field Rd, Phillips Academy, Johnson Hall.

00:20

Report of burning plastic, call from security.

00:30

Great,

00:35

you're catching.

00:37

Two is a second.

00:47

Three minutes two. Very smart.

00:53

Very smart.

00:55

Enjoy one. I need a field.

01:00

See you, (name withheld).

01:01

One.

01:07

All right, lay one.

01:10

A1.

01:11

A1.

01:16

Thank you. Anymore man, we have a little over a voice here.

01:21

We're not to be able to this one.

01:23

Thank you.

01:28

We'll start now. I'm having a unit.

01:35

A2.

01:36

Respond in place of A1, near Hidden Field Rd, Phillips Academy, Johnson Hall,

01:41

report of burning plastic.

01:44

Day 2.

01:46

Respond in place of A1,

01:48

near Hidden Field Rd, Phillips Academy,

01:51

Johnson Hall, report of burning plastic.

01:57

Alarm sounding on arrival.

01:59

No carbon monoxide.

02:01

No emergency.

02:02

All clear.

02:09

Seen by security.

02:13

Nothing showing[1].

02:14

I'll be out to the rest of you. Come here.

02:18

Okay. Police unit and security, nothing showing. Nothing showing[1]. Okay.

Police codes explained

The following codes appeared in the transcript and are explained below:

[1]

Nothing showing: On-scene status report indicating no visible fire or smoke

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1-, 17 Hidden Field Rd, Andover, MA 01810

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