Fire prompts road closures near Walnut St, Northvale NJ
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Road ClosureAs discussed during the dispatch call, emergency personnel responded to a possible transformer or telephone pole fire near Walnut Street and Rockland Avenue in Northvale. Several poles were reported affected, with at least one actively burning. Roads including Walnut, Samuel, and Veterans were closed or salted as a precaution, and the fire department was dispatched to the area.
Audio|Heard on: Bergen NJ Law Dispatch Group Calls
Listen to dispatch call
02:4
Transcript:
00:00
Request UPW to have them put salt on the roads, please.
00:04
Received.
00:06
Communications, request UPW to shut down Tank Hill, please.
00:11
Received.
00:14
4120 to Northvale cars.
00:16
I'm getting a report of a possible transformer or telephone pole fire.
00:20
Walnut is going to be north of Rockland.
00:23
Five or six poles.
00:24
I don't see anything.
00:26
Two thirty-two received communications.
00:29
You can show me checking the area.
00:32
Received.
00:33
Two thirty-two communications.
00:42
I got a pole in front of a location near Walnut St.
00:51
It's actively burning.
00:54
Received.
00:57
Communications, did you just dispatch the fire department?
01:02
No, start sending cars to Veterans.
01:06
Shut down northbound Walnut, please.
01:10
Received.
01:13
Three seven at three two, what do you want them to shut down?
01:18
Right now, go to Walnut and Samuel.
01:26
Received.
01:28
Northvale cars, that's a firm.
01:29
We're sending the fire department.
01:32
It was originally toned as a Norwood call.
01:38
Okay, you just dispatched Northvale though, correct?
01:42
Yeah, a firm.
01:43
We recalled it right now for Northvale.
01:46
Thank you.
01:51
26 to 32.
01:54
Come in.
01:57
Where do you want me to shut it?
02:00
I think there's a detail going on Walnut and Rockland.
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This transcript is automatically generated by AI from live dispatch audio. Dispatch communications may include background noise, overlapping speakers, or rapidly evolving situations, and automated transcription may not capture all details or context.
Location mentioned:
Walnut St & Rockland Ave, Northvale, NJ 07647
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