Fire alarm at Bloomfield Public Library

Heard on: Essex NJ Fire Dispatch Group Calls

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This transcript is auto-generated from live dispatch audio and may be incomplete or inaccurate. It is not an official report and may change.

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Central to all houses, telephone alarm.

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(number withheld) Broad Street, Bloomfield Public Library for alarm sounding.

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Central to all houses, telephone alarm.

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(number withheld) Broad Street, Bloomfield Public Library for alarm sounding.

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Nearest cross street will be Liberty Street.

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Nearest hydrant will be in front of (number withheld) Broad Street.

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Time is 9:46.

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Engine two, arrive.

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Nine

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four seven.

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Car three is responding.

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Ninety Broad Street.

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Pump one is responding.

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Engine two is responding.

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Four is one.

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Car three arrived.

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(number withheld) Broad Street for the public library.

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Two story,

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class one. Nothing showing.

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Alarms are sounding.

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Building's being evacuated.

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Car three, lead command investigating.

8/27/2026 06:46 AM

Fire

Broad St, Bloomfield, NJ 07003

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As discussed during the dispatch call, fire units responded to a reported fire alarm sounding at the Bloomfield Public Library on Broad Street in Bloomfield. Crews reported a two-story commercial building with alarms sounding, nothing visible from the exterior, and the building being evacuated while command investigated the cause of the alarm.

Fire alarm at Bloomfield Public Library

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