False alarm from steam triggers fire response, Bloomfield NJ
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Fire & ArsonAs discussed during the dispatch call, fire units responded to a two-story residence near Gregory Terrace after an alarm. The cause was steam from a shower triggering the smoke alarm. No fire or hazard was found.
Audio|Heard on: Essex NJ Fire Dispatch Group Calls
Listen to dispatch call
01:41
Transcript:
00:00
Engine 4 is 5.
00:03
Engine 4 in the scene, command,
00:06
two story one frame,
00:07
nothing showing,
00:09
investigating.
00:10
Engine 3, Ron.
00:15
All units, slow your response.
00:18
Okay. One company, Engine 4 for investigation.
00:22
All right, central to command, that could be a one company for engine four.
00:32
Central 1 car 30, connect to the single company for 104.
00:37
I received that.
00:41
Central to all apparatus responding to near Gregory Terrace.
00:48
Per battalion chief, this is going to be a one-company response for engine four.
00:52
All engines, two,
00:54
three,
00:55
truck available in 1952.
01:00
Senator from the time, three.
01:03
Come in.
01:07
Central, in reference to the Yanukaw and Hawthorne gas odor, if that call comes in again, it's an outside odor, and we can disregard public services aware of it and they've made some test holes.
01:19
If the odors are inside the building, then we'll have engine four respond.
01:24
Receive that at 1954.
01:29
Central from engine four.
01:32
Engine four.
01:34
So we had an accidental alarm activation due to steam from a shower.
01:39
No hazard found.
01:40
Engine 4 is available.
01:41
Command to terminate.
Disclaimer:
This transcript is automatically generated by AI from live dispatch audio. Dispatch communications may include background noise, overlapping speakers, or rapidly evolving situations, and automated transcription may not capture all details or context.
Location mentioned:
Gregory Terrace, Bloomfield, NJ 07003
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