Sprinkler work triggers false fire alarm at laundromat, Paterson NJ

Fire & Arson

Reported: 11/3/2025 06:09 AM

Near Market St, Paterson, NJ 07501

A commercial fire alarm was triggered at a laundromat near Market St. Responders found no fire or smoke. It was determined that a sprinkler company working on the basement system caused the alarm during testing and resetting procedures.

Audio|Source: Paterson Fire 1 and 2

02:58

Transcript:

00:00

Attention, engine 3, engine 5, ladder 3.

00:04

You're responding to near Market St,

00:08

Summer and Carol on the cross on a commercial fire alarm.

00:13

Attention, engine 3, engine 5, ladder 3.

00:18

You're responding to near Market St,

00:22

Summer and Carol on the cross. A commercial fire alarm.

00:28

I'm upper radio.

00:31

912.

00:41

Broadway command call to rush.

00:46

Lawaway command, go ahead.

00:50

All right this time, we're still investing in flight order or smoke.

00:55

I'm going to reduce this assignment to engine four, ladder two, ladder one, rescue two, and myself.

01:01

Do you make sure to available.

01:10

I receive investigating slight order of smoke, holding yourself, engine four ladder, while rescue two.

01:18

All the companies are available, 914.

01:24

Measure 1 call dispatch, can you give me that alarm on Martin Street, the address?

01:32

That's going to be near Market St.

01:35

Near Market St. Samar Carroll are your calls.

01:40

Laundry water flow.

01:41

Motion.

01:44

Receive, we're responding.

01:49

Hedgeering, one-one, one-story, type 3, laundromat. Nothing visible, no alarm sounding, going in the best-case station, man.

01:59

On your hot scene, four-story type 3, laundromat, nothing showing, stabbing command.

02:16

Magi won't go on this vets.

02:25

Go ahead. It's going to be a sprinkler company working on the sprinkler system in the basement which is cut off the alarm.

02:35

During the process of reset and put it on test, you can reduce the stature one.

02:45

Agent 1, I received Prinkle Cup bringing on the system in the basement and the process of resetting and putting out tests, reducing the assignment to yourself.

02:55

All the companies are available, 917.

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Near Market St, Paterson, NJ 07501

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