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Residential fire alarm canceled due to steam at Needham home, Needham MA

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Forest St, Needham, MA 02492

As discussed during the dispatch call, a residential fire alarm at a home near Forest Street in Needham was activated but later canceled after it was confirmed the cause was steam from a shower.

Audio|Heard on: Needham Fire Operations
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01:11
Transcript:
00:00
Engine two, engine four, rescue force, near Forest Street, residential fire alarm activation.
00:07
That's called in by American alarm.
00:10
Engine two, engine four, rescue four near Forest Street for the residential fire alarm activation.
00:15
Called them by American alarm.
00:24
Injur 1, Injur 3, Rescue 3, near Crescent Road, present to file on activation.
00:30
Call them by Central Station.
00:32
Injur 1, Injid 3, Rescue 3, near Crescent Road, resident to file on activation.
00:39
File on C2.
00:43
Go ahead.
00:46
Deputy, I just got a call from a long company for near Forest Street, requesting a cancellation due to steam from shower.
00:55
All right, you can cancel that and stand down, station one, have station two diverge to Crescent Road.
01:03
I'll stand down station one, we'll divert station two to Crescent Road.
01:05
Station 1, you can stand down, stand down near Crescent Road.
01:09
94 is a cancellation.

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Forest St, Needham, MA 02492

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