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False fire alarm at Mercer County vo-tech school, Pennington NJ

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Fire & Arson

Reported: 12/12/2025 08:41 AM

Bull Run Rd, Pennington, NJ 08534

A fire alarm activated at Mercer County Vocational Technical School near Bull Run Road, Pennington. The call was confirmed to be a test, and no emergency occurred. Responding units were recalled.

Audio|Heard on: Hightstown Fire, East Windsor Police and Fire

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02:21

Transcript:

00:00

Engine 50, Station 51 in Hopewell, near Bull Run Road, Mercer County VOTEC, the alarm system.

00:06

Engine 50, Station 51 in Hopewell.

00:09

Near Bull Run Road, Mercer County Vo-Tech School, the alarm system.

00:13

North response.

00:18

We're going to Hamilton.

00:24

South Florida, Hamilton.

00:30

One 102 is arriving Hamilton.

00:34

Okay, 1102 out of Hamilton.

00:41

50 is responding.

00:47

Sound 350 is responding.

00:49

Any of those 110s arriving Hamilton.

00:53

Very two, one ten one.

00:59

Ten four's out of Hamilton.

01:03

Okay, one ten four.

01:05

All right two fifty.

01:14

Central, five fifty responding two ninety five, two, two.

01:23

Responding.

01:28

FM 50 Centro, are you got anything on this, a building or anything?

01:35

22 full station, General and Nature.

01:41

Okay.

01:47

Central FM50 is arriving.

01:49

I got four...

01:51

Non-combustible buildings do not see any active alarms or any buildings evacuated.

01:57

I'd be out investigating.

02:00

Very sure.

02:05

FM 50 central recall the assignment system was supposed to be on test or doing exceptions testing in the modular buildings.

02:16

Oh, yes, we're Bull Run Road Recall.

02:18

All units for Bull Run Road at Sypek Recall.

02:21

You're all available.

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Bull Run Rd, Pennington, NJ 08534

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