Apartment fire with rescue in Jersey City, Jersey City NJ
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Fire & ArsonAs discussed during the dispatch call, firefighters responded to a structure fire on Summit Avenue in Jersey City. The blaze was reported on the third and fourth floors with people trapped inside. Command was established on scene, and the incident was upgraded to a working fire and later to a second alarm. Fire crews located a person believed to have started the fire and rescued a trapped woman.
Audio|Heard on: Jersey City Fire
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03:26
Transcript:
00:00
Companies are assigned box 67678.
00:02
Be advised, we're getting multiple calls for this address.
00:23
The time for dispatch of all that thing.
00:26
I'll establish command.
00:29
Received Battalion Four, you're on the scene establishing Summit Avenue command.
00:39
Okay.
00:43
Battalion Four at this time, I'm getting reports of a fire on the 3rd floor and people trapped.
00:55
Just a fire on 3rd floor.
00:57
People trapped.
01:00
We got a black house.
01:10
First two trucks,
01:12
take the front of the building.
01:14
Second two trucks come down Gardner Avenue.
01:16
Take the side.
01:19
Got it, Chief.
01:21
Command Battalion Four, dispatch to make this a working fire.
01:26
Received working fire at 20 fifty-one hours.
01:39
Spot for apartment three, so small.
02:00
Twelve four.
02:04
Twelve four, company time four.
02:06
The fire seems like it's on the 4th floor in the rear.
02:10
I got fire coming out of multiple windows.
02:14
Red team, I'm at the door.
02:16
I have a visual on it.
02:17
We're instructed now.
02:19
All right.
02:22
Dispatch, notify the 2nd due truck to come up.
02:24
Go ahead and they have you.
02:25
I want the aerial up to the roof.
02:30
Received Battalion Four.
02:31
Daughter.
02:33
Squad Four, charge one.
02:46
Here comes your water.
02:51
All right, dispatch from Battalion Four.
02:54
I need the PG here, Fourth West.
02:56
We got the person that started the fire.
03:01
50.
03:09
All right, but time for the dispatch.
03:12
Let me have a 2nd off at dispatch.
03:15
Don't fire everybody.
03:16
There's a woman trapped in the apartment.
03:23
Time for a 2nd alarm.
03:25
Repeat your last message.
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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:
Summit Ave, Jersey City, NJ
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