False fire alarm at Harvard Court due to cooking, Brookline MA

Fire & Arson

Reported: 11/2/2025 02:39 PM

Harvard Ct & Harvard St, Brookline, MA 02446

Fire units responded to a fire alarm at Harvard Court and Harvard Street. The alarm was investigated and found to have been caused by cooking, resulting in a false alarm. No fire or damage was reported.

Audio|Source: Norfolk County Fire Control

02:55

Transcript:

00:00

Women fire dispatching,

00:02

engine 242, car 3, under 246, 100, near Harvard Court,

00:09

344, Unit 401 for the fire alarm investigation.

00:14

1741.

00:16

Car 3 to fire limits 243 is the engine up front.

00:22

My apology, 243.

00:31

Web and fire, units responding. It's going to be Harvard Street, Harvard Court.

00:41

Off the box on side A, has keys for all the buildings.

00:51

Engine 1 is on C, Fireground 2.

00:56

2. Engine 1 is off on fire ground channel 2.

01:06

Command 2, engine 2, engine 2.

01:09

Engine 1 is right next to a higher. The engine 2 is right next to a higher.

01:18

Engine 2.

01:25

Weptify Cothrauddle location. Nothing's going from a two-story.

01:29

Would frame the apartment building doesn't appeal to the alarm sounding. We're investigating Cotteries Commit.

01:36

Receive, car three, nothing shown from a two-story department building.

01:39

Doesn't appear any alarms are sounding you off the command.

01:42

1744.

01:48

I'm going to file on panel shield normal or investigating.

01:56

Receive, panel showing normal you are investigating, 1745.

02:04

That's on scene, 1747. That's on scene, 1747.

02:10

I was on safe.

02:20

I don't want to be on.

02:30

Commander Whitmer fly.

02:35

Problems are for command.

02:40

Obama set off by cooking. It's been reset before our arrival return and command turn.

02:47

Recease, alarm set off to good cooking.

02:49

Mummers reset prior to your arrival.

02:52

You'll be clear. Command term, term, 1746.

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Harvard Ct & Harvard St, Brookline, MA 02446

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