Fire alarms activated with detectors removed at Main St, Andover MA
Fire alarms sounded at a location near Main Street and the corner of 28th and Morton Street without an obvious cause. Three fire detectors had been removed from the alarm system but were later found and replaced. The fire alarm system was reset and returned to normal status after the incident.
Audio|Source: Merrimack Valley Police, Fire and EMS
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Transcript:
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Hydrant on the corner of 28th and Morton Street.
00:06
What do you mean?
00:10
And the second hydrant is near Main St.
00:19
Can you think the schoolpost, please six that read, double-pointing eight all five?
00:29
You're ready.
00:46
Fire alarm[1] eight through command, hold engine one, charge two, return the other company.
00:51
Engine one, tie two, return the others.
00:54
Engine two, lottery, one, clear to return.
00:56
The other, return.
01:01
Engine two is attorney.
01:11
Here you go.
01:15
Sweet.
01:19
Grid's on, Dean. Helms, she'll be clearing shortly.
01:25
Careful.
01:38
Yep, do you just try to reset that because it just came back in?
01:43
Yeah, we're resetting.
02:05
Probably. Is it the same rail from before?
02:18
For the F6.
02:20
The F6, Dr. Bola.
02:31
Fire alarm[1], base to command.
02:37
Fire alarm[1].
02:40
No obvious cause be alarm. We didn't find any activated detectors. We did, however, find three detectors that had been removed from the system.
02:47
They've been replaced.
02:49
This has been reset, it shows normal.
02:51
Engine 1, correcture both clear, and command is terminated returning.
Police codes explained
The following codes appeared in the transcript and are explained below:
[1]
Fire alarm: Automatic or manual fire alarm activation
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