Garbage truck breaks sprinkler, triggers false fire alert, Cambridge MA
Fire & ArsonA garbage truck accidentally broke a sprinkler head in a loading dock on Vassar St, causing a water flow alarm. Facilities are isolating the affected area. Firefighters responded but found no fire or criminal activity.
Audio|Source: Cambridge Fire Grounds 14 and 16
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Transcript:
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Panel reeds, water flow on loading dock, war one, engine two to investigate.
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Commandant Report,
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activation, water alarm, loading, dot, floor 1, 935.
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Proceeds Division 1.
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On location, assuming command, Channel 16, 938.
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Engine 200 to come in.
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Answering. This was a garbage truck.
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Knocked the head off in the loading dock.
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Working on Achilling it now.
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Receive.
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Command engine two.
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Engine two.
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Do you need any bodies over there to assist you or do you already have facilities with you? I have facilities.
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We should be all set with just us and you.
00:51
We've got this cleared up in a few minutes.
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Recease.
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Command of Fire alarm[1].
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Fire alarm[1] answering Vassar Street Command.
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The alarm was due to a broken sprinklerhead accidental by a garbage truck in a loading dock area.
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Facilities is working on isolating that zone right now.
01:07
We're just going to hold engine two in division one.
01:11
Ladder 3 can return. For C's command, alarm due to a broken sprinkler head,
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knocked off by a garbage truck, facilities on location, isolating the zone, holding engine 2 Division 1 only, ladder 3 can return, 942.
01:24
Answering. We got that water shut down.
01:28
Facilities can handle from him.
Police codes explained
The following codes appeared in the transcript and are explained below:
[1]
Fire alarm: Activated automatic fire alarm signal
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Location mentioned:
Vassar St, Cambridge, MA 02139
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