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Sprinkler issue prompts response near Memorial DrCambridge MA

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Memorial Dr, Cambridge, MA 02139

As discussed during the dispatch call, fire crews responded to a possible alarm activation near Memorial Drive at the Hobby Group. Units investigated a building alarm that was caused by maintenance work on the sprinkler system. No fire was found, and the scene was cleared after confirming a system malfunction.

Audio|Heard on: Middlesex MA Fire Dispatch Group Calls
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01:19
Transcript:
00:00
Engine six, ladder three responding near Memorial Drive, the Hobby Group between River Street and Western Avenue.
00:07
Central station fire alarm operating on channel 14, 15 thirty-eight.
00:13
Engine three to five.
00:15
Answering engine three.
00:18
Engine three, ladder two on location.
00:20
Engine three will be 6th Street command on channel 16.
00:24
Received engine three, ladder two on location.
00:25
Engine three, you'll be command channel 16, 1539.
00:28
Engine six, fire alarm.
00:31
Answering engine six.
00:34
Company's on location.
00:35
We're getting off the drone.
00:36
They'll be going channel 14.
00:38
Received engine six.
00:39
Ladders are in location.
00:40
Channel 14, 1541.
00:43
Engine three to pilot.
00:47
Answering engine three.
00:51
There are no alarms at this location.
00:52
It was just a trouble in the panel.
00:55
We're going to clear with the close 600 companies.
00:58
Received companies available to 600 1543.
01:03
Engine six, small power.
01:05
Answering engine six.
01:09
Engine six, this was a they were doing some work filling the sprinkler pipe.
01:16
It's all been cleared. They've notified central station.
01:18
Company is going to be available.

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Memorial Dr, Cambridge, MA 02139

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