Smoke alarm activates in residential building with no fire, Jersey City NJ


Firefighters arrived at a residential building where a smoke alarm was activating, but there was no visible smoke or fire. No one was home in the apartment where the alarm was sounding, so they considered using the fire escape to check inside.
Audio|Source: Jersey City Fire
01:44
Transcript:
Engine 6 is on the scene. Four and a half story, ordinary, attached on both sides. Nothing showing or investigating. DC's engine 6. You're on scene, establishing 6th Street command. One's on a scene, I assume 6th Street command. We have a tenant in apartment one on the first floor saying that the alarm is going off on the second floor, but nobody's home. And nobody has keys, so maybe we have to get in through the fire escape. We can get a truck company in the back. We have a fire escape here. We can try to get in through the window. May receives. Have Ladder 6 on the waist. Into 6 to ladder 6.
Engine 6 is on the scene. Four and a half story, ordinary, attached on both sides. Nothing showing or investigating. DC's engine 6. You're on scene, establishing 6th Street command. One's on a scene, I assume 6th Street command. We have a tenant in apartment one on the first floor saying that the alarm is going off on the second floor, but nobody's home. And nobody has keys, so maybe we have to get in through the fire escape. We can get a truck company in the back. We have a fire escape here. We can try to get in through the window. May receives. Have Ladder 6 on the waist. Into 6 to ladder 6.
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Location mentioned:
6th St, Jersey City, NJ
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