Carbon monoxide alarm activated by battery change

Heard on: Bergen NJ Fire Dispatch Group Calls

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This transcript is auto-generated from live dispatch audio and may be incomplete or inaccurate. It is not an official report and may change.

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Touch of fire dispatch to engine three.

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Engine three, your response is needed.

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(number withheld) Ivanhoe Drive, crossing Roedel Place and U-Haul Drive for a activated CO alarm.

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Again, engine three, your response is needed.

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(number withheld) Ivanhoe Drive, crossing Roedel Place and U-Haul Drive for an activated CO alarm.

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Time now is eleven thirty-seven.

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Dispatcher 900 and thirty-five.

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Engine 330, respond to 4.

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Received 1141.

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Called in by the alarm company reporting the resident was changing the batteries in the alarm and the alarm was set off.

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Engine three is on scene to an absorber wood frame.

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Three will establish command.

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Engine three is available.

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Received.

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Command called dispatch.

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Got.

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This was an activation caused by a resident changing a battery.

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System's been reset.

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Engine three, myself available.

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Command, turn in.

9/7/2026 08:37 AM

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Ivanhoe Dr, Paramus, NJ 07652

Carbon monoxide alarm activated by battery change

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Not official report. AI-generated from public dispatch audio. Always verify with official sources.

As discussed during the dispatch call, fire crews responded to a reported activated carbon monoxide alarm at a residence on Ivanhoe Drive. The alarm company reported the resident was changing the batteries when the alarm went off. Engine 3 checked the home, found no emergency, and reset the system.

Carbon monoxide alarm activated by battery change

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