Broken water main closes part of Second Street

Heard on: Plainfield NJ Fire Dispatch

01:51

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

Union County Fire and EMS. Can you have New Jersey American Water respond to Second Street and Addison Avenue for a broken water main?

00:10

Okay.

00:16

Thanks for engine four.

00:17

We're available for your location.

00:23

(name withheld) from Engine Two.

00:27

You can make an alarm out of it.

00:32

If the active water main breaks, you can tell me to raise the water.

00:35

And you can also have the DPW come out here with the barricade.

00:43

Okay.

00:46

Yeah.

00:52

Hey, get your driver.

00:53

Go around and block off the road at Central Avenue and Second Street.

00:59

Copy that.

01:11

Engine two, go with your message.

01:15

You can have car six respond with barricade.

01:17

Have car six take central to front to Madison.

01:26

Headquarters received.

01:27

Have car six take central to front to Madison.

01:34

Central from engine two.

01:42

If you can have a PD, this lock off 2nd has parked.

01:51

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2026-09-24 19:56 UTC

Road Closure

2nd St, Scotch Plains, NJ 07076

Broken water main closes part of Second Street

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Not official report. AI-generated from public dispatch audio. Always verify with official sources.

As discussed during the dispatch call, emergency crews reported a possible broken water main near Second Street and Addison Avenue in Scotch Plains, New Jersey. Water utility and public works units were requested to respond, and road closures were set up at Central Avenue and Second Street and along Central Avenue toward Madison.

Broken water main closes part of Second Street

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