Fire alarm at home caused by faulty detector

Heard on: Middlesex 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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Carteret Police to Carteret Fire, please respond over to (number withheld) Patrick Street for a general fire alarm.

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Time now is 11:11.

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Again, Carteret Police to Carteret Fire, (number withheld) Patrick Street for a general fire alarm.

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(number withheld) Patrick Street.

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Not a one responding.

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Engine zero nine.

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Car

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two's arriving. (number withheld) Patrick Street.

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Two story single family residential.

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Nothing visible from the outside.

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Ladder front of the building's open for you.

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Not a 124 .

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Engine two, engine two, roger.

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One, roger.

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Command dispatch.

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There's no sign of any smoke or fire inside the structure.

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This is going to be a malfunctioning detector.

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Crews are in the process of taking it down.

7/30/2026 08:11 AM

Fire

Patrick St, Carteret, NJ 07008

Not official report. AI-generated from public dispatch audio. Always verify with official sources.

As discussed during the dispatch call, fire crews went to a home on Patrick Street in Carteret for a reported general fire alarm. They found no smoke or fire and determined the alarm was likely caused by a malfunctioning detector inside the residence.