Fire alarm at high school caused by broken water pipe, Rockaway NJ
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Fire & ArsonA commercial fire alarm triggered at Morris North High School was caused by a cracked water pipe. There was no active smoke or fire during the incident. Emergency personnel responded and checked the boiler room area.
Audio|Heard on: Denville Fire Dispatch
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02:21
Transcript:
00:00
Fire dispatch,
00:02
South fire response, near Knoll Drive, Morris Knolls High School, commercial fire alarm, coming as a general fire alarm to Zone Zero.
00:08
Just be advised after control on the scene, it's from a cracked water pipe, no active smoke or fire at this time.
00:14
That's fire dispatch, near Knoll Drive, Morris North High School.
00:18
Commercial fire alarm is coming from Zone Zero, general fire alarm,
00:22
and Chesapeylaze after the control on scene.
00:25
All right, this is coming from a cracked water pipe, no active smoke from...
00:28
fire at this time.
00:29
That would be 851.
00:37
All right, dispatch to all the fire units responding, 15-0 drive.
00:41
Moranthol's Hedgekull, the fire alarm.
00:44
National patrol can respond to the auditorium.
00:48
261 at dispatch.
00:51
On the route, Arsnalt.
00:56
Reston.
01:04
261 at dispatch.
01:09
Go.
01:13
Can you notify your officer, Weldon, I'm going to go right to the boiler room?
01:21
Procissive.
01:23
2.29 will be in service.
01:34
261, the latter, 9.
01:37
Go ahead.
01:40
All right, I was on the fall with the school resource officer.
01:44
They were saying it looks like it's going to be in a boiler room with a possible broken pipe.
01:49
I'm going to try to get the kids in school as they can because they're outside with no jacket.
01:55
Yeah, let's see.
01:56
I'm going to pull around by the office in that area there.
01:59
Is that the boiler room?
02:02
Yes, he cleaned two buildings.
02:04
261 at dispatch, I'll be gone.
02:19
Fire prevention of dispatch, let me out of scene.
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Location mentioned:
Knoll Dr, Rockaway, NJ 07866
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