Minor brush fire triggers alarm at Lewis Street, Paterson NJ
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Fire & ArsonA fire alarm was triggered at near Lewis Street in Paterson, NJ. Firefighters responded and found a minor brush fire that spread to a junkyard wall. The fire was quickly extinguished. Later investigation showed the alarm was caused by cooking, not a major fire.
Audio|Heard on: Paterson Fire 1 and 2
Listen to dispatch call
03:10
Transcript:
00:00
Attention engine 1, squad 6, ladder 1, battalion 1.
00:03
Respond on near Lewis Street, cross streets 21st Avenue and Beckwith Avenue.
00:08
Activated fire alarm.
00:10
Attention engine 1, squad 6, ladder 1, battalion 1.
00:13
Near Lewis Street, 21st, and Beckwith Battalion 1.
00:17
Activated fire alarm.
00:18
Operator 69, (number withheld).
00:31
Chief respond on near Lewis Street, 21st, a male with annoyance,
00:36
activated fire alarm,
00:39
seeing basement smoke detector.
00:53
Engine 1 is on occasion, 2.5 story, 95.
00:56
Another visible from next year, I do have an alarm sounding and going in to investigate subject command.
01:03
Receive 2.5.
01:05
Nothing visible from the exterior, alarm sounding, investigating, subject committee.
01:21
I'll risk you chief.
01:31
Lewis Street command call this match.
01:35
Chief,
01:37
go ahead.
01:42
This is going to be a large area of brush wire, minor extension to an exterior partition wall of the junkyard.
01:50
All fire has been extinguished in overhaul.
01:53
Fire investigator conducting completed investigation.
01:56
All companies available, command terminate.
02:02
Where is Chief, all companies available command terminated?
02:13
Action, engine one.
02:19
Engine one, go ahead.
02:22
No side of smoke a fight to reduce the engine one, ladder one.
02:27
Ritchie, no size of the smoldifier, engine one can handle all other companies available.
02:32
The Italian one you received.
02:37
All right one receive, no.
02:47
Blue Street can't follow a different fashion.
02:52
Lewis Street command, go ahead.
02:56
This was an alarm activation due to the second engine one ladder one available command termination.
03:03
I'll receive alarm activation caused by cooking.
03:07
All right the chair, engine one available command termination.
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Location mentioned:
Lewis St, Paterson, NJ 07501
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