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Smoke odor triggers fire alarm in fort lee high-rise, Fort Lee NJ

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Horizon Rd, Fort Lee, NJ 07024

According to the dispatch call, a fire alarm was activated in the electric room of a Fort Lee high-rise building near Horizon Road due to a smoke detector triggered by a burning odor, possibly from elevator motor equipment. Fire units responded to investigate.

Audio|Heard on: Bergen County Metro Fire and Rescue - East
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02:24
Transcript:
00:00
B610 announcing an alarm fire in a bro, Fort Lee, signal 1045, to near Horizon Road,
00:05
lower level,
00:06
electric room number 20, smoke detector activation.
00:10
Duty company four is responding times 2321 operate effective.
00:20
Squad 6.
00:23
Squad 6 and FL4 will be responding.
00:27
(number withheld)
00:31
2323.
00:34
Self 4 for Squad 6.
00:42
Squad, text, bye.
00:45
Be advice, the alarm company is called Back Protect with a key holder who's on site, which should be the doorman.
00:51
They said there is a burning odor of some type of motor.
00:55
I believe they were there for that the other day.
00:58
Do you want me to dispatch out of 1034?
01:08
Yeah, turn it out for now.
01:15
904, it's probably the elevators they got completely submerged.
01:43
Station, KCP 610, that's number five, the Borough, Fort Lee.
01:46
7.304, number one, Horizon Road.
01:48
How many is one to respond, operated 60, 2326.
01:54
7th. Squad 6.
01:57
If you can play SWATX on scene, residential high-rise, moving in best 904 is command.
02:05
All units switch to ops upon arrival.
02:10
Level 4 times, 7.
02:22
Thank you.

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Horizon Rd, Fort Lee, NJ 07024

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  1. Final Determination and Command Terminated
  2. Scene Secured and Investigation Completed
  3. Command Established and Operations Ongoing
  4. Additional Information from Alarm Company
  5. Response Units Dispatched
  6. Initial Alarm Reported

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