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Smoke from cooking triggers alarm on Bayard StNew Brunswick NJ

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Bayard St, New Brunswick, NJ 08901

As discussed during the dispatch call, firefighters in New Brunswick responded to a fire alarm at a mixed-use building near Bayard Street. Crews found light smoke caused by cooking in a second-floor apartment. The smoke was ventilated, and no fire or injuries were reported.

Audio|Heard on: Middlesex NJ Fire Dispatch Group Calls
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02:54
Transcript:
00:00
New Brunswick Fire Department, near Bayard Street, across from French and Kirkpatrick for a fire alarm.
00:07
New Brunswick Fire Department, near Bayard Street across from French and Kirkpatrick for a fire alarm.
00:13
Your time is now 718.
00:16
All right, 21 received.
00:18
That's all companies.
00:20
Please use all companies, near Bayard.
00:23
New Brunswick, .1.
00:25
Go ahead and thank you.
00:28
New Brunswick, can you see if you have an emergency contact number for a key holder for near Bayard?
00:34
Can we see you?
00:37
(name withheld) respond.
00:38
Thank you.
00:43
21's arrived near Bayard Street and I have a four-story, mixed-use occupancy, alarm sounding.
00:50
21's investigating.
00:52
Arriving 7-71.
00:55
12.
00:58
21 engine 12, you can states.
01:02
Perfect.
01:04
Water two is fine.
01:07
All right, federal companies I'm getting a report of this may be smoke,
01:11
division number two, 21 is investigating.
01:15
Alright, 21 a lot right.
01:19
Lottery, guys.
01:22
Yeah,
01:24
Ladder, we're going to need a fan up, apartment 2 Bravo.
01:28
I got a smoke condition, on investigating.
01:32
Really?
01:33
Please.
01:35
Thank you, pod subscribe.
01:37
All right, 21 all companies, this is confirmed.
01:41
Smoke from cooking.
01:43
I have a light smoke condition, second floor apartment.
01:46
Ladder, we're going to need ventilation up here.
01:48
Run and running.
01:51
21, engine 12 and engine 5, you can return.
01:55
Engine 11, standby.
01:59
New runs, week 21.
02:02
No answer.
02:04
How did you make out with an emergency contact for near Bayard?
02:08
We have a (name withheld) listed as an emergency contact from previous.
02:13
However, it's a non-working number.
02:17
All right, 21, Chief.
02:20
Right around.
02:23
The man from 11 Alpha.
02:26
21.
02:29
Yeah, Chief, I located the alarm panel in the restaurant.
02:32
It's reading normal at this time.
02:33
There must be a separate one for the upper floors.
02:36
All right, unless they're just hardwired through a separate system.
02:43
Yeah, that's possible.
02:47
New Brunswick from Engine 11th.
02:49
You may receive a burglar alarm for near Bayard Street.
02:52
We made entry through the front of the restaurant.

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Bayard St, New Brunswick, NJ 08901

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