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False fire alarm triggered at multi-family building in Ipswich, Ipswich MA

Fire & Arson

Reported: 11/4/2025 02:35 PM

Near N Main St, Ipswich, MA 01938

A fire alarm was triggered at a three-story multi-family building near North Main Street, Ipswich. The pull station on the first floor activated, but fire crews found no signs of smoke or fire. The issue appears to be a recurring false alarm. The property manager is on site and will contact the alarm company to fix the problem.

Audio|Source: Ipswich Fire Dispatch

01:52

Transcript:

00:00

Ipswich Fire, you're on the air.

00:01

Near North Main Street, Colonial Realty Trust.

00:08

Alarm called in by an alarm company stating the pull station on the first floor tripped.

00:14

Pull station, first floor trip, near North Main Street. Call from the alarm company.

00:22

File, I'm engine two near North Main.

00:26

You have switched file on me on the air.

00:30

Near North Main, calling Colonial Properties. It's for rear first floor pull station activation. Timeout 1741.

00:48

Engine 2 is a three-story multi-family unit, nothing showing.

00:53

Engine 2 will be your investigator.

00:56

Two's off, you have command.

00:59

Multi-family.

01:00

Nothing showing, you're off to investigate. Then, Rileland.

01:08

Last unit, they stepped on. You go ahead.

01:16

File alarm engine two.

01:19

The answer is true.

01:25

We were here earlier, the same issue is going to be the RAS staircase smoke detector.

01:31

We have a building manager on site.

01:34

They're going to be contacting the alarm company to rectify the issue.

01:38

We're going to try to reset.

01:41

Same issue as before rear smoke protector by the stairway.

01:44

You have the property manager on scene. You're going to contact the alarm company for a repair. You're going to attempt to reset.

01:52

You're going to attempt to reset.

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Near N Main St, Ipswich, MA 01938

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