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False fire alarm at garden center due to system test, Clifton NJ

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Fire & Arson

Reported: 12/19/2025 06:39 AM

Getty Ave, Clifton, NJ 07011

According to the dispatch call, a fire alarm was reported at Corrado Garden Center near Getty Avenue. The alarm was triggered by a technician testing the alarm system in a nearby building, causing a false alarm.

Audio|Heard on: Clifton Fire and EMS

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02:15

Transcript:

00:00

Engine 2, engine 1, ladder 3, 8, 2, respond to Corrado Garden Center, near Getty Avenue, Unit 1, crosses Crooks Avenue and West 1st Street on fire alarm.

00:14

Engine 2, engine 1, ladder 3, 8, 2, respond to Corrado Garden Center, near Getty Avenue, Unit 1, crosses Crooks Avenue and West 1st Street on fire alarm.

00:27

Time is now 0930.

00:28

EMS-2 is going to pause.

00:41

Bruce.

00:43

Ladder 3.

00:45

Getty.

01:00

Engine 2, Getty have.

01:06

Okay.

01:12

Angel 1 is responding, Getty.

01:15

Great.

01:21

File alarm for Mansion 2.

01:23

Do you have a key holder?

01:26

There should be a tech on the scene.

01:29

They're testing the alarm systems.

01:34

Receive, you said they're testing the alarm systems?

01:43

Yeah,

01:44

the tech is testing a neighboring building and he set off the alarm.

01:56

Receive, have all other companies respond appropriately.

01:59

All the other companies responding to Getty respond appropriately.

02:08

There is testing going on.

02:14

As you want to receive.

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Getty Ave, Clifton, NJ 07011

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