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Fire alarm at middle school caused by burnt toastEdison NJ

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Jackson Ave, Edison, NJ 08837

A fire alarm at Herbert Hoover Middle School near Jackson Avenue was triggered by burnt toast in a trailer used by bus drivers. The alarm was cleared and the incident was resolved.

Audio|Heard on: Metuchen Fire & EMS
Listen to dispatch call
02:46
Transcript:
00:00
Air Central, engine 129, Rescue 4, Truck 1, Curry,
00:05
Fire alarm activation at near Jackson Ave for Herbert Hoover Middle School.
00:10
Engine 129, Rescue 4, Truck 1, Car 8, alarm activation,
00:15
near Jackson at for Herbert Hoover Middle School.
00:19
6105, 9-control, 610105.mline.
00:27
Talk my service for us.
00:35
Angel wanted to respond.
00:36
Sandra, if you know...
00:39
Hey, sir.
00:43
Now you're fine.
00:47
Rast report service. Thank you.
00:57
I've seen doing service.
01:05
30102 is out of the facility.
01:09
Priorit's in service.
01:17
And you want to arrive in campus command.
01:19
I mean, we've got nothing shown.
01:21
I'll be stepping away to investigate.
01:24
Please.
01:27
Motion 2-Sigma, first.
01:32
Thank you. Thank you.
01:37
31.5. Command 1614 for Engine 1.
01:41
It's toast in the poster.
01:47
Signal 14[1] for Engine 1 at Herbert Hoover School, 10.0727.
01:55
3105. Go ahead.
01:57
Good morning.
02:00
323, Bravo.
02:06
2.305 in the morning.
02:13
Nice out of the Claybook.
02:19
However, who are we in the Central?
02:26
This is a trailer that the bus drivers used in the morning.
02:31
They burnt some toast to the toaster.
02:33
It is in line with the alarm system for the school and with the vice principal.
02:37
And restore, the alarm command is terminated as you want a signal for, okay?
02:43
Steve, Robert Hoover command terminated 7.30.
Police codes explained
The following codes appeared in the transcript and are explained below:
[1]
Signal 14: Unknown/unspecified code used by fire/EMS dispatch

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Jackson Ave, Edison, NJ 08837

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