Church fire alarm caused by cooking in basement

Heard on: Paterson Fire 1 and 2

01:44

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

Attention Engine Five, Engine One, Ladder Three, Battalion Two, respond to (number withheld) Broadway, East Twenty-third, East Twenty-fourth, under cross.

00:06

Activate a fire alarm.

00:09

Attention Engine Five, Engine One, Ladder Three, Battalion Two, (number withheld) Broadway, East Twenty-third, East Twenty-fourth, under cross.

00:16

Activate a fire alarm.

00:17

Operator Six Nine, call fifty-two.

00:28

Battalion two.

00:33

(number withheld) Broadway, East 23rd, East 24th on the cross.

00:38

Activated fire alarm.

00:41

Gonna be at the Casa de Gloria, coming from Zone.

00:50

3C responding.

01:00

Type three church, investigating.

01:10

The fire occupied at this time.

01:16

Establishing command.

01:18

Where is he?

01:23

92, call dispatch.

01:27

92, go ahead.

01:31

I'm at the church basement, holding myself.

01:39

Received, I'm at a cooking in the basement, holding myself.

01:42

Engine company one, all other companies available.

2026-10-04 16:53 UTC

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Broadway, Paterson, NJ 07514

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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 activated fire alarm at a church near Broadway and East 23rd and East 24th streets. Command was established and a cooking condition was found in the church basement.

Church fire alarm caused by cooking in basement

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