False alarm at strip mall on Allwood Road, Clifton NJ
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Fire & ArsonAs discussed during the dispatch call, fire crews responded to a fire alarm at a strip mall near Allwood Road in Clifton, New Jersey. The alarm was traced to a smoke detector in a bakery kitchen, but no smoke or fire was found. The incident was determined to be a false alarm and all units returned to service.
Audio|Heard on: Clifton Fire and EMS
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03:53
Transcript:
00:00
Engine five, engine six, ladder two, 82, near Allwood Road.
00:05
Unit common crosses are Book Court and Rothline Road on fire alarm.
00:13
Engine five, engine six, ladder two, 82, near Allwood Road.
00:18
Units common crosses are Book Court and Rothline Road on fire.
00:22
Fire alarm. Time is now 1600.
00:30
82 zero patrol.
00:39
That's just six to route all one.
00:44
Pretty steep.
00:50
Engine five responding.
00:53
Near Allwood Road.
01:08
Ladder two is responding, near Allwood Road.
01:13
Alarm from Engine Five.
01:14
We have a one-story, noncombustible strip mall.
01:19
We have an alarm sounding.
01:22
We'll be establishing Allwood command.
01:31
A two is on scene assuming Allwood command.
01:38
Ladder two's on scene.
01:39
Now we're gonna head to the back.
01:44
Command.
01:49
I have security in the rear bellowing.
01:54
Received.
02:08
Engine six from command.
02:13
Go for engine six.
02:18
You can stage either on Allwood Road or turn in by the first driveway before a court, before the light and just stage in the strip mall complex somewhere.
02:29
You don't have to get tangled up in traffic in here.
02:33
Nine hundred and six received.
02:40
May I help you? I just found a kitchen smoke detector at Paris Baguette.
02:49
We seem to have a few silences or resets.
02:54
Just silence.
02:58
Received. I'm going to let Engine Six go.
03:01
There's no calls for anything we need done for it.
03:07
No signs of smoke or fire.
03:11
Received command engine 60, sir.
03:15
Engine 6 available.
03:22
Command from 5 out.
03:24
We have not found a cause for the alarm, but we have not found an activated head either.
03:34
I saw Ladder Two Alpha just down in Paris.
03:38
Baguette activated detector.
03:44
Negative, Chief.
03:46
That was panel indicated.
03:50
Oh, received.
03:51
I thought you found the detector.
03:52
Okay.
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Location mentioned:
Allwood Rd, Clifton, NJ 07012
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