Fire rescue teams set up rappel near wooded hill in park, Cliffside Park NJ
Fire & ArsonFire and rescue teams set up a rappel operation near a wooded hillside at Edgewater Road and Cecilia Avenue in Cliffside Park to support emergency response efforts. The rappel team arranged for lines to be dropped from the top to access the area safely. Multiple units including Edgewater, Fort Lee Squad 2, Fort Lee Tower, and the Anglewood Cliffs Chief were involved in the operation. Teams were instructed to proceed without lights or sirens and to avoid close proximity to the hill edge initially for safety.
Audio|Source: Paramus and Area Towns Police / Fire
02:18
Transcript:
00:00
Rescue from Colster in service, I'm out to you.
00:03
Richfield still hasn't answered our tones.
00:07
All right, receive, Mac 23 to Firecop. Can you redirect the Closter Rescue to Edgewater Road and Cecilia Avenue in Cliffside Park? No lights, no sirens.
00:20
The rappel team is going to set up at that location in case we need to drop lines and come down from the top.
00:27
Very safe. So rerouting to Edgewater Road and Cecilia in Cliffside.
00:32
Very safe.
00:35
Can we have a...
00:36
Firm, no lights, no sirens. We don't want to know that we're setting up up there.
00:39
I understood.
00:40
Can we have a...
00:43
Who's on team just so we can put it in the cat and document it correctly?
00:49
At this time you have Edgewater units, you have Fort Lee Squad 2, you have the Anguogliff's chief,
00:57
and the Fort Lee Tower.
01:00
So Fort Lee Squad 2, Fort Lee Tower,
01:04
Edgewater units, and the Anglewood Cliffs Chief at this point.
01:09
Max 24, Mac 23.
01:13
Go ahead, sir.
01:16
Do you want me on this spot or come down to you?
01:21
I'm heading up to Edgewater and Cecilia. That's what the rappel team is going to set up.
01:27
So it's Cliffside?
01:32
He's in the woods and Edgewater, but if the gear reaching with the ladder truck, where I'm down below, we're going to have to drop the line from up top.
01:41
All right, then Cliffside be taking command.
01:48
After you guys are done,
01:50
give me a call on my cell also, my personal cell, I left my county cell down in a truck.
01:57
I'm at the team directly underneath.
02:03
Back one, I was to peezy on top of the hill here. Let me down to you.
02:08
Hi, just doing a favor, though, make sure that when you guys are up on top of the hill, that you don't come too close to the edge in the beginning until we give you the word.
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Location mentioned:
Edgewater Rd & Cecelia Ave, Cliffside Park, NJ 07010
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