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Fire crews called to smoke alarm near Lafayette St

Heard on: Essex NJ Fire Dispatch Group Calls
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Attention, Engine Five, Engine Fourteen, Ladder Four, Battalion Five, respond on a commercial automatic alarm.
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Jefferson St, Newark, NJ
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As discussed during the dispatch call, fire crews were dispatched to a commercial building near Lafayette Street in Newark after a smoke detector reportedly activated in an elevator room. The incident involved units from several local stations, responding as a precaution to a potential smoke condition.

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