Smoke detector accidentally triggered at business, Totowa NJ
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Fire & ArsonAccording to the dispatch call, an accidental smoke detector alarm was triggered at a business near Maltese Drive. An employee doing system work caused the alarm. The response was downgraded and later canceled after confirming the situation.
Audio|Heard on: Totowa Police, Fire and EMS
Listen to dispatch call
03:35
Transcript:
00:00
Doug correction on the address is near Maltese Drive.
00:05
Can't point.
00:30
Total police, total fire, request response, near Maltese Drive.
00:37
On a alert of a smoke detector sounding update on that call, we're just going to call back that proper passcode was given.
00:48
They wanted to downgrade the response.
00:54
I'll receive.
00:56
You can put that over again in this record.
01:03
21's at Mitchell left.
01:09
Be called by phone.
01:25
No, please don't fire update on a previous call out.
01:30
Uh,
01:32
Fire chief is there going to be a disregard at near Maltese Drive.
01:36
Uh, Robert Pasco was given on a later call.
01:45
All right.
01:49
Good night. Good night.
01:53
All right, Doug.
01:54
The alarm company called back and a pass code was given.
01:59
They put it out as a downgrade response.
02:04
Firebar put it as a disregard.
02:05
If you could just respond there, make sure there's no issues.
02:08
And we'll go from there.
02:12
Temple.
02:26
15 total.
02:31
Good.
02:33
Let's be advised, Grant's open off the total now.
02:36
We do have a road close signed at Grant Church and Grant Stanley.
02:47
Nine total.
02:52
Double.
02:54
No.
02:55
No,
03:00
total.
03:03
Okay.
03:06
I'm 12. No need for the fire department.
03:08
They're doing some work here.
03:09
They're unaware that this is going to be done today, so they never got to put the system on test.
03:17
Town form.
03:23
Total Fire an update from Patrol.
03:27
It was accidental by the employee there.
03:30
They were associated in adding the system on test.
03:34
Thank you, Total.
Disclaimer:
This transcript is automatically generated by AI from live dispatch audio. Dispatch communications may include background noise, overlapping speakers, or rapidly evolving situations, and automated transcription may not capture all details or context.
Location mentioned:
Maltese Dr, Totowa, NJ 07512
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