False fire alarm at Walmart due to system testing error, Weymouth MA
Fire & ArsonFire units responded to a fire alarm at Walmart near Middle Street in Weymouth, MA. After investigation, it was determined the alarm was a false alert caused by a test company conducting system testing but forgetting to set the alarm system into test mode. No emergency was found and all responding units were cancelled.
Audio|Source: Weymouth Police and Fire Dispatch
02:43
Transcript:
00:00
Get to respond to Walmart for the box alarm.
00:09
The other calls on this came in, Zone 1, General Fire.
00:15
Roger.
00:19
Can you repeat, did you see the box alarm?
00:25
That's correct.
00:26
Came in, Walmart, near Middle St.
00:29
Zone 1, General Fire, no other calls.
00:37
Yes.
00:41
The bottom one's on.
00:43
Five, John.
00:52
Playfilege dispatching.
00:53
Fox 7512.
00:57
Give me engine 3, under 5, ladder, ladder 1.
01:01
Near Middle St, Walmart.
01:06
Give me engine 3, under 5, ladder 1.
01:08
Responding.
01:12
Loud of one, the firearm, ladder one's on team.
01:15
Nothing showing from two sides.
01:17
Lodge, big bark store.
01:19
Nothing...
01:21
We're on the A-side, we're investigating.
01:24
No horns or strobes visible from outside.
01:26
Report to fall.
01:29
Probably got that latter one.
01:32
Nothing showing from the outside.
01:34
No lights, strobes.
01:35
You're investigating.
01:43
Ladder one, the fire alarm, you can cancel all of the units.
01:47
Someone's working on the fire alarm system here, we're trying to find the workers.
01:54
The problem's got that ladder one, all the units can cancel.
02:00
Yeah, you can cancel that unit.
02:01
You have to cancel that unit.
02:07
Five, we're trying.
02:11
Where is we go?
02:15
All right. Spoke to the party who was in the elevator.
02:19
I guess there's a faulty phone button in there.
02:22
Maintenance note about it.
02:23
No emergency.
02:24
I'll be clear.
02:26
Alarm testing by a test company.
02:29
Um,
02:31
they forgot to put it in test mode.
02:33
We're clear.
02:34
No problem here.
02:35
Return the quarters.
02:39
File, grab that Latter-1, company testing, returning quarters.
Disclaimer:
This transcript was automatically generated and may contain inaccuracies. Please verify the information independently.
Location mentioned:
Near Middle St, Weymouth, MA 02188
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