Building evacuated due to structural damage in Ridgefield, Ridgefield NJ
Fire & ArsonFire crews and police responded to a building on Bruce Street in Ridgefield after roof and structural damage was found. The first floor was evacuated for safety. A fallen tree and damaged utility cables blocked the roadway. The property manager is responsible for debris removal. Verizon was notified due to damaged cables. Police are on site to manage the situation.
Audio|Source: Bogota Public Safety
05:11
Transcript:
00:00
8 to R4. Standby at the High Grid on Slocum and Bruce.
00:06
Hold your crew for right now until I get an assessment of what's going on.
00:11
Received.
00:17
49 RF9 is on a scene.
00:24
To the ladder, you want to pull up, over here against the curb.
00:34
A lot of one who I'm going, can you get it? Be even more specific?
00:37
Where do you want me, sir?
00:39
Just stand by. For now,
00:40
seven.
00:51
Yeah,
00:52
come in from Firecom.
00:57
Hicom, go ahead. Per PD they have entry into the apartment if you want to head up there.
01:05
Receives.
01:11
8 to RF9. Go to 9.
01:14
They're recommended to evacuate the first floor of this building because the roof and the structure is compromised.
01:24
We see you.
01:27
Hey, you're making your way around to me? Yeah.
01:36
Blue Street, command the fire, Tom.
01:39
RF9.
01:40
Send by with not a DPW, this is not a burrow tree.
01:44
It's on the property.
01:49
PD dispatch ready, notified DPW. They're not going to respond out tonight.
01:54
I need them to respond out tonight.
01:58
And notify the DPW, when do DPW here tonight.
02:02
Where do you see building departments coming out right now?
02:07
Seven and nine. I believe this is not a burrow tree. This is on the property of the apartments.
02:15
We are of that, but we have a tree to bring in the street. I need a DPW here to open up the street.
02:21
Fire Compton Command.
02:22
Go to command.
02:24
DPW stated it's the property manager's responsibility to remove the debris off the roadway since it's not a county.
02:37
I have the police on site.
02:39
The police are requested the DPW to be on site to remove the debris.
02:46
Receive all the check.
02:48
Receive, I'll try and call him back.
02:50
You say that he was not going to come.
02:55
We also need Verizon notified.
02:58
Cable has been compromised here on the cruise route also.
03:02
Time for him.
03:09
Operations and Command.
03:10
On a suggestion, Chief,
03:14
have one of the apparatus pull around by the park, come through the park, and then come around the back so we can light up the back part of this tree.
03:28
Enterport, you can't? You'll be to do that?
03:31
Yeah,
03:32
I'm going to send engines.
03:37
Cancel that, Chief, which is the only driveway that we can get back here.
03:44
Holding up this year on site at command post stating that there's no way to construct back there.
03:50
Yeah, thank you.
03:52
All right, uh, let's switch everybody to fireground on the on the firegrounds. Okay, command to all units switch to a fire ground channel.
04:04
We're coming to RF7.
04:08
Fire comes to command.
04:17
Firecom to command.
04:24
Okay.
04:27
Okay.
04:29
Firecom.
04:30
I spoke to Dom from DPW. He states he's not coming.
04:36
Appreciate.
04:45
Let's see a fight that's running with one.
04:52
Bruce Street Command to Rescue.
04:54
Rescue, how?
04:56
I want the rescue to come through the park and enter Bruce Street from the park by the tennis courts and travel to Bruce Street sports command.
05:10
Rescue received.
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Bruce St, Ridgefield, NJ 07657
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