Basement smoke alarm prompts fire response near McBride Ave, Woodland Park NJ
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Fire & ArsonAs discussed during the dispatch call, fire crews responded to a commercial fire alarm near McBride Ave in Woodland Park. The alarm originated from a basement smoke detector. A water issue in apartment A was identified as the likely cause. Crews forced entry into a basement door to access the control panel and confirmed no fire present.
Audio|Heard on: Paterson Fire - West
Listen to dispatch call
04:19
Transcript:
00:00
Woodland Park Police to West Paterson Fire Department.
00:03
We need you to respond on commercial fire alarm coming from near McBride Ave.
00:08
Again, that's near McBride.
00:11
Area of activation is the basement smoke detector and it's near McBride Ave on a commercial fire alarm.
00:24
Car 12 responding.
00:35
Car 13's responding.
00:48
Near McBride Ave.
00:53
I'll establish McBride Ave command.
00:55
Report to follow.
01:05
Command to dispatch, did you get an area of activation for the Stilden?
01:13
Area of activation is the basement smoke detector.
01:19
All right, received.
01:20
Command to all units, I got a water condition apartment A, possibly what set the basement detector off.
01:30
Engine three responding, four and one.
01:41
Car eleven responding.
02:09
You are responding to a walk.
02:14
Truck two is on location.
02:24
Truck, set a toolbox channel locks or pliers to apartment A.
02:28
See if we can get this valve off.
02:33
Car 13 found one, kid.
02:39
And you want me to come by?
02:42
No, you're far. You're my right.
02:49
Thank you. We just staged down McBride Ave.
02:53
Stay available.
02:58
Repeat that.
03:02
Engine three just stays down on the available in case we get something else.
03:11
Received, (name withheld).
03:12
Engine three staging down the street.
03:18
Car eleven to command.
03:22
Go ahead.
03:27
(name withheld), I'm gonna go over to that elbow in case anything else comes in.
03:31
Hi, can you just pass by here for a second? Yeah, ten four, I'm pulling up.
03:48
Received.
03:56
Command to dispatch.
04:02
Go for dispatch.
04:06
For the record, we have a forced entry to the basement door to access the panel and the smoke detector activation.
04:18
10-4[1], 1922.
Police codes explained
The following codes appeared in the transcript and are explained below:
[1]
10-4: Acknowledgment (Affirmative)
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Location mentioned:
McBride Ave, Woodland Park, NJ 07424
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