False alarm with hydrants blocked by parked vehicles, East Rutherford NJ
Fire & ArsonFire crews responded to a fire alarm at a building near Monroe and Martha Streets in East Rutherford. They found no smoke or fire and reset the alarm. Fire hydrants were blocked by parked vehicles, which temporarily hindered fire truck access.
Audio|Source: East Rutherford Fire and Police
03:54
Transcript:
00:00
I receive. We're trying to ascertain the location of the alarm. We hear an audible, trying to gain access near Monroe and Martha Streets.
00:09
Receive, 164E3.
00:17
Engine for a call and fire dispatch.
00:22
Go for dispatch.
00:26
Corner, Monroe and Martha.
00:28
Are hydrants blocked by a vehicle.
00:36
1644.
00:46
This dash corner of Martha and Madison.
00:52
First two hydrant blocked by Gray Dodge.
01:01
1644.
01:04
Yeah,
01:11
Affirm, I'm going to action to Division 3.
01:20
Lawson, it's at Saffirms, fire department operations.
01:26
Chief, we gained entry into the basement.
01:33
Alright, receive.
01:34
Next to the second floor via the third floor.
01:38
However, nobody's answering.
01:44
All right, receive.
01:46
What's the alarm panel reading?
01:51
It just says alarm 13.
01:57
All right, receive, let's get a track of the structure and see if we get reset.
02:02
All right, receive, divisions one and three were clear.
02:11
Second floor, I have dogs barking inside.
02:19
All right, receive, let's top the reset.
02:29
All right, Chief, want to reset,
02:32
holding.
02:39
All right, receive. All right, receive.
02:41
Martha, command, to east side, he can return.
02:46
That's a negative chief. They just move.
02:56
154 will be out.
03:01
Okay.
03:07
Dispatch from Martha Gwyn. Coffee dispatch.
03:18
Activated alarm on second floor.
03:22
No apparent cause signed smoke or fire. Alarm system was reset and holding.
03:28
Just make note in the CAD that the first two, both the first two hydrants were blocked by vehicles and the apparatus could not get down the block due to the street corners being blocked.
03:37
You can terminate in command, battalion three available.
03:43
Received, Terminating Command, 1651.
03:49
Roger 4 call fire dispatch, we're available.
03:53
1652.
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East Rutherford, NJ
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