False fire alarms triggered at Olive Garden and nearby building, Marlborough MA


Fire alarms were activated at Olive Garden restaurant and a nearby building on Felton Street. Both buildings were evacuated and fire crews responded. No fire or smoke was found. The alarms were caused by a recurring issue with a rooftop unit, and the fire alarm system was reset.
Audio|Source: Marlborough Fire Department
07:20
Transcript:
00:00
Highline 400. 200, go ahead.
00:01
Panel showing a rooftop unit will be investigating.
00:04
Racing. Arlon 2. Paritis responding to near Felton St.
00:09
All right, Lime, you call with Felton 3, command?
00:16
Yes, is there one at Felton Street that could clear? I have another call.
00:20
Yeah,
00:21
we'll clear up the squad.
00:22
Receive, it's the Olive Garden.
00:24
They called in fire alarm.
00:26
No smoke, no nothing.
00:28
I'll put it in. I'll find a rescue.
00:29
That system is resetting health.
00:31
420, I don't know.
00:33
Squad 1 responding to the Olive Garden.
00:35
Squad 1, Fire, Box Alarm[1], 728 Donald J.
00:45
Lynch Boulevard.
00:46
Squad 1, Fire, Box Alarm[1], 728 Donald J.
00:50
Lynch Boulevard.
00:51
Our five from engine three.
00:52
We're available.
00:53
Do you want us to go to the olive garden?
00:54
Yeah, I won't you stop that way until you get an update from the squad.
00:59
Copy. Fire alarm.
01:00
Engine three is responding, 728 Donald Lynch Boulevard.
01:03
Three-seven engines, we respondent, 1720.
01:05
Chauphi to fire alarm.
01:07
The rescue in Trial 5 are clear of 4.20 and wait is quick and smoke.
01:11
System has reset.
01:12
Reset. System reset, 2017-21.
01:16
Top-fi to 400.
01:17
400 answering.
01:18
I have the rescue and myself available if you need us.
01:23
We're just checking out a rooftop unit at near Felton St.
01:28
Okay, the message.
01:29
One at Car 5.
01:31
Car 5. The car 5 is on. Track 5, via PD on scene, they're going to hang out till the grid gets here.
01:36
We're available.
01:37
What's your pleasure? Engine 3.
01:39
I'm going to have you make your way to Felton Street to assist engine 4.
01:43
Have the message.
01:44
File on from Truck 1, we're in route to Felton Street to assist engine 4.
01:48
Briefing, truck one and route to Wilson Street.
01:53
1722. Cut off-five, truck one is Wilson Street, passable, or closed?
01:59
That's still closed, Chief.
02:02
Okay, messages, thank you.
02:04
PD is going to remain unseen until the grid or DBW shows up.
02:10
Okay, message.
02:12
4-01 from 400.
02:13
401 answering.
02:14
401 from 400.
02:19
401 answering.
02:20
See if that'll reset.
02:21
Coffee, standby.
02:22
401 to 400 appears to be holding.
02:23
Receive, fire alarm, you can clear all units from near Felton St.
02:27
All right is clear from near Felton St, 1724.
02:33
Truck 1 has the message, Rick, they're returning.
02:35
Call 5 to 300.
02:37
What's your location?
02:38
Cut 5, we're a Concord Road at Route 20.
02:41
Okay, the message.
02:42
Car 5,
02:43
400. Can you make your way down to Aldegarden?
02:47
Yeah, Chief, that's ringing back in here, near Felton St, and we might need the truck down here after all.
02:52
Okay, and a message, engine three continue to all got it, and truck continued to Felton Street.
02:58
Truck one has a message.
02:59
So I want to file, huh?
03:00
Okay, go ahead.
03:01
Squad 1 arriving off garden, strobe-activated building is evacuated.
03:06
Squad has come in.
03:07
I want to roll, please come in.
03:09
17, please.
03:10
100, calling COF-5.
03:11
Car 5. Car 5 is on 100.
03:13
Go, you message. Just an update on availability, we have the area around the tree limb down on the primaries, cordoned off with cones and road close signs where are currently the only piece of apparatus blocking the East Main Street side of Front Street.
03:27
There's no officer on seeing on the other end.
03:29
Okay, and a message I'm going to hold you at that location at this time.
03:34
Really? A squad one.
03:36
All right on the squad one.
03:42
Got off out of squad one.
03:48
Go with your message. We're all got, we got the system silence.
03:50
It's the same RTU unit that rang in a couple shifts ago that kept coming in.
03:55
We're going to go check it out.
Police codes explained
The following codes appeared in the transcript and are explained below:
[1]
Box Alarm: Fire Alarm Activation
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Location mentioned:
Near Felton St, Marlborough, MA 01752
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