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Accidental fire alarm triggered by smoking in hallway, Paterson NJ

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Fire & Arson

Reported: 12/11/2025 06:58 PM

E 27th St, Paterson, NJ 07514

According to the dispatch call, a fire alarm at a three-story residential building near 27th Street and 9th and 10th Avenues was accidentally triggered by smoking in the hallway. The system was reset after investigation found no fire.

Audio|Heard on: Paterson Fire 1 and 2

Listen to dispatch call

01:48

Transcript:

00:00

Attention engine 5, 1, engine 3,

00:03

Ladder 3, Rescue 2, Battalion 2,

00:06

397 East 27th Street,

00:08

between 9th and 10th Avenues to have an activated fire alarm.

00:13

Attention engine 5 engine 1, engine 3,

00:16

ladder 3, rescue 2, Battalion 2,

00:18

397, E27.

00:21

Cross streets of 9th and 10th Avenues to have an activated fire alarm.

00:25

Time is 2202.

00:27

Operator 101.

00:33

Operator 101.

00:34

Okay.

00:35

Thank you.

00:37

Two spot 3907, East 27th Street.

00:41

Crosses at 9th and 10th.

00:47

The location, three-story occupied residential building, nothing showing.

00:57

We have an alarm setting.

00:58

We will have an investigation.

01:05

Here,

01:07

three-story multi-unit building.

01:13

Investigation and command at 2200 hours.

01:22

Trying to call this rush.

01:28

2.

01:30

Confirmed accidental trip, smoking in the hallway. System has been reset.

01:33

All clear in the plan zone.

01:39

Telling dispatch accidental trip.

01:42

This is spoken for all units on scene, second committee, every nation, and also coming in back to the train 205.

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Location mentioned:

E 27th St, Paterson, NJ 07514

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