False fire alarm at Newark Avenue apartment

Heard on: Jersey City Fire

01:35

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

00:00

Dispatch, Battalion Two, Engine Seventeen, Ladder Eleven on the scene.

00:03

That's good.

00:04

Three-story Class Three, occupied multiple dwellings.

00:07

Ladder down and another kill.

00:12

This is Battalion Two, you're on scene establishing Cunningham Avenue command.

00:24

Dispatch Battalion Two, this is uh.

00:28

This call had smoke alarm on the exterior near garbage.

00:33

You can hold,

00:34

17 Battalion Two, generate the assignment.

00:40

Received holding Engine 17 and Battalion Two at box 769.

00:45

All the companies are back at service, switching back to Dispatch One.

00:55

Seventeen, you can return.

01:18

Dispatch from Battalion Two, the offending detector has been terminated.

01:25

You can terminate the incident.

01:32

Received terminating box 769.

2026-09-13 23:54 UTC

Fire

Newark Ave, Jersey City, NJ 07302

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

As discussed during the dispatch call, fire crews responded to a reported smoke alarm sounding outside near garbage at a three-story occupied multiple dwelling on Cunningham Avenue. The alarm was traced to a specific detector, the incident was terminated, and the responding units returned to service.