Fire alarm activation at 654 East Jersey Street, Transit Plaza office building in Elizabeth; crews investigated a bathroom detector activation on the first floor, likely due to body spray, no smoke or fire found, system reset to normal., Elizabeth NJ

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Fire & Arson

Reported: 12/17/2025 12:53 PM

Elizabeth, NJ

As discussed during the dispatch call, fire alarm activation at 654 East Jersey Street, Transit Plaza office building in Elizabeth; crews investigated a bathroom detector activation on the first floor, likely due to body spray, no smoke or fire found, system reset to normal.

Audio|Heard on: Elizabeth Fire Department

Listen to dispatch call

03:20

Transcript:

00:00

We have it along signal for away at 654 East Jersey Street.

00:05

Cross Street is New Point Road.

00:08

It's going to be the Transit Plaza office building.

00:11

Responding companies are engine three and ladder two.

00:15

For general alarm activation,

00:18

zone 1-1111-E-1111 operating on fire ground 1.

00:24

Timeout 1554 to status or 7-5.

00:28

The sign-1 is responded.

00:31

All right.

00:34

Engine 3,

00:36

Fireground 1.

00:39

Engine 3.

00:41

Section 3 on C,

00:43

6.5.4 East Jersey Street.

00:46

We'll be investigating.

01:09

That's the time one of you assuming he served the command.

01:13

The engine three for investigation, building has been evacuated.

01:22

Okay.

01:27

Attention, sir.

01:30

Okay. That's it.

01:32

Okay.

01:35

We have an activated head in the bathroom on 1 53 in the module up there.

01:49

No smoke or fire and no calls for alarm.

01:57

The back of the red is your head.

02:01

No close for alarm at this time.

02:10

We'll go for a reset.

02:11

That's affirmative, we can go for a reset.

02:14

We can go for a reset.

02:21

What floor was that?

02:27

First floor 153 may have been activated due to a body spray.

02:42

Commander N.

02:43

3 Delta.

02:47

Go ahead.

02:52

Systems reset, holding on normal.

02:58

Do you have any indications before reset?

03:06

You repeat?

03:08

Can you show where the alarm was coming from?

03:18

Yeah, it was second floor restroom.

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