Smoke detector alarm triggered by burst pipe steam, Cambridge MA
Fire & ArsonA smoke detector alarm was triggered near room 158 on Oxford Street, Cambridge. The cause was steam from a burst hot water pipe in the mechanical room. No fire was found; the alarm was due to the steam affecting the detector.
Audio|Source: Cambridge Fire
02:13
Transcript:
00:00
A lot of one of fire alarm.
00:03
Fire alarm is the answer the line of one.
00:04
One and one on location, we're being told construction.
00:11
We're going to go to Channel 16.
00:13
We have. It's one and one on location, moving at 16, 14, or...
00:17
...vision two to fire alarm.
00:18
Call in Division 2[2].
00:20
Dean's Division 2[2].
00:21
We're off of the company in Oxford Street in command.
00:24
Off in command.
00:25
Chief is calling you on 16th.
00:26
Division 2[2] on 16.
00:28
Yes, sir. It says smoke detector by room 158.
00:33
I don't know why the water going in, but we're checking out 158.
00:37
It's showing back to normal.
00:38
Okay, we see that way.
00:39
We're seeing our scene.
00:40
We're coming over that way.
00:41
We're coming over that way.
00:43
Light of 101[1] in command.
00:44
Go ahead, 101[1].
00:45
We have any hot water pipe that let go in the mechanical room?
00:49
Okay,
00:50
hot water pipe let go on the mechanical road.
00:52
Just got the a smoke factory wet or something like that.
00:56
Chief, can you repeat that?
00:57
Did it get into the fire alarm system? Is that what caused the activation?
01:00
The whole room and being affected by the steam right now, we do have Harvard.
01:04
We can't go on the scene without working to shut down the pipe.
01:06
Okay, Steve.
Police codes explained
The following codes appeared in the transcript and are explained below:
[1]
101: Command Unit
[2]
Division 2: Fire Division Command
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Location mentioned:
Oxford St, Cambridge, MA
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