Fire alarm triggered by construction dust at lab

Heard on: Totowa Police, Fire and EMS

02:17

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

Totowa Fire, fire alarm activation at Englewood Labs, (number withheld) Campus Road, from the 1st floor front office smoke detector.

00:08

Totowa Police, Totowa Fire, fire alarm activation at Englewood Labs, (number withheld) Campus Road, from the 1st floor front office smoke detector.

00:31

You check Englewood Labs, (number withheld) Campus, on a fire.

00:49

Seven O is in service.

00:57

Seven total.

01:18

Copy, seven O.

01:23

Seven O, go ahead.

01:27

All right, from security there, they're reporting it's dust from sanding.

01:37

Received.

01:40

Seven hundred unit to the holding quarters.

01:43

Construction dust set off the detector in the cafeteria.

01:47

The alarm is reset.

01:49

Holding by security.

01:51

Seven hundred available returning.

02:00

Seven hundred, you can cancel your units there, Danny.

02:12

Ken, you can cancel.

02:16

Over.

6/29/2026 07:36 AM

Fire

Campus Rd, Totowa, NJ 07512

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

As discussed during the dispatch call, emergency crews responded to a fire alarm at a laboratory facility on Campus Road in Totowa. Security later reported that construction dust from sanding in the cafeteria apparently set off a smoke detector, and the alarm was reset with units canceled.