False fire alarm caused by cat stepping on button, Littleton MA


A fire alarm and lifeline activation for an 82-year-old woman near Newtown Rd was found to be a false alarm caused by a cat stepping on the button. There was no actual emergency at the location.
Audio|Source: Littleton Fire
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Transcript:
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Fire alarm[1] on with a lifeline activation on an 82-year-old female near Newtown Rd.
00:06
No answer on callback.
00:10
Fire alarm[1] on with a medical.
00:12
It's going to be a lifeline activation on an 82-year-old female near Newtown Rd at 1349.
00:24
Medic 2 from fire alarm.
00:28
Alright.
00:32
So we just got another alarm for 550 King Street also, the water flow.
00:41
Follow them. You can disregard that for the time being. They have maintenance on site. They're going to be working on the system.
00:47
Okay.
00:48
Mr.C.
00:50
Disregarding 550, you're on to 400 Newtown at 1350.
00:55
Do you have the lockbox code?
01:00
That's a negative. I'll give you a call once we're on, see.
01:04
Please see.
01:13
Responding units to 400 new towns you can disregard.
01:16
It seems like a cat stepped on the button.
01:19
Everything's all set at that location.
01:26
Units out the cancellation, we'll clear, returning.
Police codes explained
The following codes appeared in the transcript and are explained below:
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Fire alarm: Activated automatic fire alarm signal
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