Fire alarm and patient chest pain reported at apartment, Clifton NJ
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Fire & ArsonA fire alarm was reported at an apartment on Crooks Avenue in Clifton, NJ. Firefighters found a blocked and locked hallway filled with mattresses. While investigating, emergency medical services were dispatched for a patient reporting chest pain near the location.
Audio|Heard on: Clifton Fire and EMS
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04:23
Transcript:
00:00
Fire alarm engine 5.
00:01
Has that call been upgraded?
00:09
Negative.
00:16
Received, do you have a BLS unit assigned yet?
00:42
We got 14 parts per million near the cooking equipment.
00:46
You got a PSE&G to respond to investigate further.
00:53
I was...
00:59
Alarm from Engine 1.
01:09
The MS2 is transferred the patient to St.
01:12
Joe's engine 1 is available.
01:17
All right.
01:23
Is there any runs pending?
01:26
Fire alarm, engine 5 is on scene Crooks.
01:27
Fire alarm, engine 5 is on scene Crooks.
01:46
Fire alarm engine 5.
01:48
Do you have a DLS unit assigned to Crooks?
01:50
You're mister.
01:55
See.
02:02
Alarm 5A. It's going to Crooks.
02:08
All along for MMS3.
02:14
Hold on me a MISC.
02:17
We're clearing up at Mountainside.
02:24
We can take Crooks, 50-minute ETA.
02:29
Receive, I'm putting anyone now.
02:34
Fire alarm as a 5.
02:39
Hello.
02:41
Just confirming, this is near Crooks Avenue, Apartment 5.
02:48
Near Crooks Avenue, Apartment 5.
02:53
Near Crooks as Apartment 5.
03:00
All right, we're at near Crooks.
03:04
We're by apartment 5.
03:05
The hallway is locked with a bunch of mattresses and a little bit of a hoarding condition.
03:19
Alarm received.
03:25
Alarm 1725.
03:28
Go ahead and 5.
03:29
Do you have a pullback number? No one's answered the door.
03:31
We're trying to make our way through.
03:32
There's a whole bunch of things blocking their doorway and lost.
03:38
I'm in contact with the caller right now.
03:40
He is now stating that he is in the parking lot of near Crooks.
03:49
Receive.
03:54
Fire alarm from Edge 5.
03:56
Do you have ALS coming? Patient reporting chest pain.
04:04
That's affirmative.
04:05
EMS is on the way.
04:07
EMS will also contact Visitation.
04:11
The GEMS3, when you come,
04:14
turn onto Getty Ave, the parking lot's in the back on the corner of Getty and Crook.
04:22
EMS3 received.
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Location mentioned:
Crooks Ave Apartment 5, Clifton, NJ 07011
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