Fire alarm activates at 4th Street with no fire found, Wood Ridge NJ

Fire & Arson

Reported: 11/4/2025 12:38 PM

Near 4th St, Wood-Ridge, NJ 07075

Fire units responded to an alarm activation near 4th Street called in by Central Station for the third floor. On arrival, no fire or smoke was observed but an alarm was sounding. Someone tried to reset the alarm using a wrong code. There was a slight smell detected, but no confirmation of an actual fire.

Audio|Source: East Rutherford Fire and Police

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Transcript:

00:00

Attention, Battalion 1, Engine 2, Engine 3, Engine 4,

00:04

Ladder 2. Start responding to near 4th Street. Your closest should be Essex Street and Bergen Street for alarm activation.

00:12

Attention Battalion 1, engine 2, 3, 4, ladder 2.

00:17

Start responding to near 4th Street. Your crosses should be Essex Street and Bergen Street for alarm activation.

00:23

Called in by Central Station, 3rd Floor Zone activation.

00:27

Time now, 1540. Service.

00:34

Cross the headquarters from 7-Eleven.

00:39

That's 7-Eleven.

00:42

7-Eleven is back in quarters and engine one is back in service.

00:49

Receive, 1541.

00:56

Time once responding, near 4th Street.

01:02

1542.

01:07

Engine 3 respond.

01:11

Engine 2 responding.

01:18

Engine 4 responding.

01:20

Engine 4 responding.

01:27

Ladder 2 responding from summer.

01:37

Battalion 1 is on near 4th Street.

01:40

I have a 3-3-3-3-word frame.

01:42

I do hear an alarm sounding, nothing showing at this time.

01:45

I'll be investigating.

01:49

Special battalion, one.

01:59

Special battalion one.

02:05

Go ahead.

02:08

Just be advised, Central Station called back and said someone tried to give them a pass code to reset the alarm and it was wrong.

02:20

Great seat.

02:29

Border Command.

02:31

Department 6 is locked.

02:33

Nobody's answering.

02:35

Smells like a slight smell of overcoat spruce.

02:40

All right, do you have an activated head there?

02:47

Apparment. All right, we set you along.

02:54

I'll lose radio contact for a few minutes.

02:59

Share reset.

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