False alarm from apartment smoke detector

Heard on: Morris NJ Fire Dispatch Group Calls

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Avalon Command to County.

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Command, go ahead.

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I have an interior crew walking the floor at that room and they're walking the halls up there.

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There's no smoke.

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Were there any other locations? Because we're not finding anything here.

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We're going to try to reset the alarm.

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Okay.

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Command, caller was an (name withheld).

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I'm gonna try to give him a call right now, see if he can make contact with someone from the fire department.

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Alarm company reported activation from the 3rd floor smoke detector outside apartment (number withheld), building three.

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Received. They're right outside that unit and they actually went into it.

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There's no smoke there.

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I'm calling the caller that was on scene.

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I'll try to have them make contact with command.

7/30/2026 07:19 PM

Fire

Building 3, Lindsley Dr, Morristown, NJ 07960

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As discussed during the dispatch call, fire crews investigated a reported smoke detector activation on an upper floor of an apartment building at a residential complex on Lindsley Drive in Morristown. Interior crews checked the hallway and an affected unit, found no smoke, and attempted to reset the alarm after contact from the alarm company and the original caller.