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Fire alarm triggers at Roosevelt School lobbyRiver Edge NJ

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audio iconFire & Arson
Summit Ave, River Edge, NJ 07661

According to the dispatch call, a fire alarm was triggered at Roosevelt School in the lobby area. Responders found that a custodian sprayed a substance that may have caused the heat alarm to activate.

Audio|Heard on: Bergen NJ Law Dispatch Group Calls
Listen to dispatch call
02:43
Transcript:
00:00
Roosevelt's headquarters.
00:01
We have a lot of fire one going off.
00:04
Receive, Roosevelt, I'll dispatch.
00:09
Headquarters to five zero and five-up.
00:13
Go for both.
00:17
Roosevelt School on the activated fire alarm.
00:20
I'll be dispatching the FD.
00:23
(number withheld).
00:25
Receive.
00:28
5 5 is pulling up on Summit.
00:33
5.0 will be arriving as well.
00:45
7.9A will break from DPW.
00:48
I'll go to Webber and Summit from the crossing.
00:53
I'm still tired with the DBW.
00:57
Do you want to go ahead up there?
01:01
Yeah,
01:02
you can head out there now until 7.9, that's up here.
01:07
I fly to Roosevelt.
01:08
You got an area activation yet?
01:13
The alarm panel says heat, new office, zone 10.
01:17
I'm trying to determine what that means.
01:20
Recy.
01:22
That cord is a copy director of electrified piece, sir.
01:27
Yeah,
01:28
according to the alarm company 5-5, it was a general fire alarm, and then as Roosevelt stated, new office heats.
01:38
You don't see (number withheld).
01:40
Thank you, Steve.
01:46
Just standby, we might walk up to Riverdale to do the coldness.
01:51
It's going to be a set of period of time.
01:57
Please.
02:01
(number withheld) quarters be out.
02:05
49, you're at (number withheld).
02:09
5.5 to 49.
02:12
Good.
02:15
The principal is on the dead end of Bogert, but it's trying to make contact with us.
02:19
If you want to stay there for fire chief.
02:24
Okay.
02:27
4-9 headquarters on an update.
02:29
One of the custodians sprayed something that might have gotten into the heat in the lobby.
02:33
What up, Red.
02:39
We received 4-9 on the lobby activation, (number withheld).

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Summit Ave, River Edge, NJ 07661

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