RUMFORD – A fire alarm at the Rumford Hospital on Wednesday afternoon proved to be false, Deputy Chief Rob Dixon said.
The activated alarm on the first floor was considered a malfunction, he said.
No one was evacuated.
Hospital spokeswoman Jane Bubar said the malfunction may have been caused, in part, by the construction work. The hospital is changing from an old alarm system, which still works, to a new one that has not been activated. She asked the fire alarm company to check out the system.
Dixon said the department’s standard procedure for alarms from the fire boxes is to send two fire engines. He said the department rarely gets such alarms from the hospital.
Firefighters were at the scene for about a half-hour, he said.
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