Fire alarm triggered by shower steam at residential address


Fire department responded to a fire alarm at a home. The alarm was caused by steam from a shower, not a real fire.
Audio|Source: Madison Public Safety
01:34
Transcript:
Madison Fire Department dispatching Engine 3 Tower 1. Number 16-16 Midwood Terrace for the activated fire alarm. As Madison, Fire Department dispatching Engine 3, Tower 1, number 16, 16, Midwood Terrace for the activated fire alarm. Timeout is 956, upper 9-9.171. 171. 16 Midwood Terrace for the fire alarm. A unit's going to Midwood Terrace. We set off an error by steam from a shower. Art 5 received. 171, possible steam from a shower. Everything for face? Yeah. Red 5 arriving, Red 5 will have Midwood Command. Very safe. We see a red five terminated command, 10-01[1].
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10-01: Command Terminated
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Location mentioned:
Near Midwood Terrace, Madison, NJ 07940
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