False fire alarm at Harvard Street building, Brookline MA

Fire & Arson

Reported: 11/8/2025 09:12 AM

Near Harvard St, Brookline, MA 02446

Fire units responded to a fire alarm at near Harvard St but found no fire. The alarm system was reset. The alarm company was requested to send a technician to fix a recurring malfunction.

Audio|Source: Needham and Brookline Police / Fire

03:41

Transcript:

00:00

Detector was activated, no reason why.

00:03

Company's returning,

00:05

system reset, command terminated.

00:10

Detector activated, no reason why.

00:12

System reset, command terminated, companies decorders, 1213.

00:21

4 to control.

00:25

544.

00:28

They are by fire.

00:31

Received.

01:08

Manager 1 to file up.

01:13

Fire alarm.

01:15

Are you receiving another central station for 138 orbit?

01:22

A negative.

01:23

The negative.

01:24

The engine want to fireloom.

01:32

Fire on. Fire on.

01:34

As you want to back off at near Harvard St investigating possible alarms sounding.

01:40

Thank you.

01:45

C3, Andrew 1.

01:49

Angi 1. Are you going back inside there?

01:56

Affirmative.

01:57

We're just walking, looking through the panel now.

01:59

It looks like the same activation.

02:05

Do me favor, why don't you go on the second floor and check that electrical room.

02:10

I'm on my way over there.

02:12

C3 responding.

02:14

C3 responding.

02:15

C3 responding.

02:16

I'll be seen.

02:18

One thirty-three following.

02:24

All right now.

02:26

Fire on.

02:29

Underwick's clear from the hospital back to town.

02:32

Make sure you clear and back in time.

02:41

Before you've gone to the B.I.

02:42

Hi alone.

02:46

Before you've went to the B.I.

02:59

Plycerator Control.

03:01

I'm in command if I'm on.

03:04

Sign on duty for hub to me.

03:07

Hi, can you assign me a case number and I'll be clear.

03:12

138 .

03:15

We did not.

03:16

On that.

03:22

543, a case number 63-5-3.

03:29

Can you contact the alarm company and tell them there to send somebody down there that's

03:34

something with the system that needs to be corrected?

03:39

We see, we'll notify the response, please.

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