False fire alarm at sanitation facility in Paramus, Hackensack NJ

Fire & Arson

Reported: 11/11/2025 01:39 PM

Near E Broadway, Hackensack, NJ 07601

Fire crews responded to a fire alarm at a sanitation facility near East Broadway in Paramus. They found no active fire after investigation and worked to disable and reset the alarm system. A department representative was called to the scene.

Audio|Source: Paramus and Area Towns Police / Fire

02:52

Transcript:

00:00

Attention engine one, engine four, ladder one,

00:03

rescue one, respond to 120 East Broadway, the DPW on Master Box 133.

00:08

Let's engine one, engine four, ladder one, rescue one, deputy respond, 120 East Broadway,

00:14

DPW on Masterbox 133.

00:26

6040

00:27

640

00:30

640 2 is arriving. It's a large one-story

00:41

Sanitation facility. Truss roof. Active fire alarm identified. Establishing command post in the rear of 80 South River.

00:52

Receive the report.

00:53

Truss construction identified 1642.

01:01

Contact.

01:05

1643.

01:13

1643.

01:21

2.43.

01:23

Floodway command.

01:26

Go ahead. Do you require that DPW supervisor to respond?

01:35

Yes, that's correct. It's their facility.

01:39

Yeah, I'll get you.

01:48

You can head him right off the ambulance.

01:55

Receive.

02:00

I'll receive it.

02:01

I'll have to disable it and try to reset it.

02:10

I'll have that notified a fire official and the DPW representative is en route.

02:15

Engine 4, you're up.

02:23

Before we created a dispatch.

02:30

Ongoing issue with the dry system filling, just notified a fire official.

02:33

We're going to attempt to disable head zone and reset the system.

02:36

Engine 4 is available.

02:38

Receive engine 4 available, 1648.

02:40

Still waiting on an ECA for the DPW's representative.

02:48

We can bypass that like we did the other end.

02:50

I know you weren't here.

02:51

And make sure we write this up again.

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Near E Broadway, Hackensack, NJ 07601

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