Fire alarm caused by malfunctioning detector in house, Pennington NJ
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Fire & ArsonFirefighters responded to a fire alarm at a residence near Burd Street and West Anderson Street. The alarm was caused by a malfunctioning local smoke detector that triggered other detectors in the house. The fire department worked with the homeowner to reset the alarm.
Audio|Heard on: Paramus and Area Towns Police / Fire
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03:10
Transcript:
00:00
Attention Engine 5, Engine 4, Ladder 1 Rescue on Deputy 2.
00:03
Respond, near Burd Street, Hamilton placed the West Anderson Street on the cross, activated fire alarm.
00:09
Attention Engine 5, engine 4, ladder 1, rescue on Deputy 2.
00:13
Respond, near Burns Street,
00:15
Hamilton Place, West Anderson as the cross,
00:18
activated fire alarm, (number withheld).
00:29
Engine 5 responding, (number withheld).
00:33
Yeah,
00:34
Nd2 is back in court.
00:37
Preachieved, N2.
00:40
I'm backing with a ward.
00:49
(number withheld).
00:55
518 communications.
00:58
Okay.
01:01
I'm in the area of near Westis State Street check for that vehicle.
01:04
Just be advised it is an apartment.
01:06
There's no driveway, so I'll be checking the surrounding parking lots in the streets.
01:09
All right, you want to check in the CAD, see if there's any history with that plate.
01:16
Yeah, it's going to be a negative.
01:17
We don't have anything in the RMS with the plate.
01:23
Raise it.
01:29
Rio to OEM1 or OEM2.
01:34
Action 5 on scene,
01:41
established Front Street, command.
01:42
One and out story with brand private law.
01:44
We got our hydrogen.
01:45
Bees up to getting.
01:49
Engine 5 on scene, establishing command, (number withheld).
01:58
Two on, seeing Assuming Command, (number withheld).
02:06
On the corner.
02:13
Burn Commandant Dispatch, Agent 5 is investigating activated alarm in the dwelling.
02:18
It's located on the corner of West Burn and Anderson.
02:21
West Anderson and Burn, located on the corner West Anderson and Burn.
02:27
Gracie's report (number withheld).
02:35
Three.
02:38
This is a different.
02:42
This is a checking off on, you'll be working on violence and mix up, mix it up.
02:49
See if that's hot, you can hit before you're up.
02:57
It's a malfunctioning local detector which is interconnected with the other detectors going off within the house.
03:03
Engine 5 is going to work with the homeowner to get a reset.
03:07
Show engine 4, ladder and rescue available.
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Location mentioned:
Burd St, Pennington, NJ 08534
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