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False fire alarm at apartment after smoke detector removed, Marlborough MA

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Near Maple St, Marlborough, MA 01752

A fire alarm was triggered at an apartment on Maple Street with no smoke or fire found. The alarm was likely caused by residents removing monitored smoke detectors based on management advice.

Audio|Source: Marlborough Fire Department
02:23
Transcript:
00:00
Car 5. Engine 1.
00:03
Truck 1. Rescue 1.
00:05
Fire. Fire alarm activations.
00:08
Near Maple St apartment 6.
00:09
Car 5. Engine 1.
00:12
Truck 1. Rescue 1.
00:14
Fire. Fire alarm activations.
00:17
Near Maple St apartment 6.
00:26
Fireland, central companies responding.
00:32
Very easy. Engine one, rescue, one, truck one, car five.
00:36
Near Maple St.
00:38
Four or five Maple Street for the fireland activation.
00:40
The residents in apartment six are reporting and alarm sounding, no smoke, no fire.
00:45
We're there on the day shift.
00:48
It seems to be an issue with somebody tampering with the smoke protectors.
00:56
Car 5 has an on arrival.
00:59
We're building someone evacuated, nothing showing three sides.
01:02
Car 5, do something in command.
01:03
We do have an active local alarm.
01:06
Car 5 on arrival, active local alarm, nothing showing 3.5.
01:10
21.
01:16
Command 100.
01:17
Command 100.
01:20
Command on.
01:21
Command on.
01:23
We got system normal on the panel, but we do have a local.
01:27
We'll be investigating.
01:32
Give me an ad of that.
01:33
It looks like it's going to get it six.
01:40
All right from 200.
01:45
Go ahead, 200.
01:48
Yeah, that was the same unit we had earlier today.
01:51
There was an issue with them taking off the monitored detectors off the ceiling in Unit 6.
02:02
Receive.
02:03
Did you get maintenance involved at all?
02:09
I had the management company on the phone and informed them what had happened.
02:14
They were the ones that advised them to take them off the ceiling.
02:21
Everything is bad advice.

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Near Maple St, Marlborough, MA 01752
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