Smoke odor in office building caused by faulty hvac, Paramus NJ
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Fire & ArsonAccording to the dispatch call, fire units responded to a report of smoke and burning odor in an office building near Route 17 and East Century Road in Paramus. The building was evacuated as a precaution. The cause was found to be a faulty HVAC unit in Suite 130, with no active fire detected.
Audio|Heard on: Paramus and Area Towns Police / Fire
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04:59
Transcript:
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120 Route 17 northbound, Suite 115.
00:04
Crossing Carlo Drive in East Century Road for the inside smoke condition.
00:08
And it's going to be engine, two, engine four, truck four, and a ride security response to the Interkem.
00:12
120 Route 17 northbound, Suite 115.
00:15
Crossing Carlo Drive, East Century,
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ready inside smoke condition, 921.
00:27
Central Center Ridgeville Fire Department, Car 3, and Injun 3-3-1, responding,
00:32
146 Richards Road for the residential lockout.
00:35
Again, Central City Ridgewood Fire Department, Car 3 and Injunct 3-1, responding, 146 Richards Road,
00:41
across the morning sign, the Hillcrest.
00:44
Lockout, no-flage, left, not coming, and all.
00:59
Manager 1,921.
01:06
Cyan 3.
01:12
I'm backing.
01:19
Bracey, dispatch to engine 2, engine 25, so on the air.
01:33
A 911 East Long Drive, respond,
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third-do engine,
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they're stretching.
01:40
Preceed.
01:48
923.
01:49
A caller is important an odor of burning and a slight haze on the first floor.
01:53
It states that the building fire alarm was not activated.
01:56
They are in the process of an evacuating.
02:19
Elevator company on team testing the system in the elevators.
02:24
It should be done in a half an hour.
02:27
Edge 1 is available terminate command.
02:32
Measure 1, you're available, 923.
02:39
Foro is on scene, I have a two-story type two occupied as an office building, buildings being evacuated, I'll have a command.
02:48
Risi, 4-0, you're on scene, starting command of a multi-story type 2, buildings being evacuated, 924.
03:05
Command to engine 25.
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Go to 25. Go to 25.
03:18
Command behind engine 26, I just on the corner.
03:21
You'll leave.
03:22
Free suit.
03:29
Keep on command on dispatch with an update.
03:34
He's on command.
03:38
Company's reporting a light haze throughout the structure with an odor.
03:43
Unable to determine the close the time continuing to investigate.
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Thank you. 926.
03:49
926.
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928.
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3213.
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The street is the 3-1 who are in the continuum, or district?
04:18
Did you have that before in by you can?
04:21
I do.
04:24
Yeah,
04:25
maybe we'll talk to me about that.
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on the 100 side of the building,
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confined to Suite 130.
04:43
Maintenances on scene, we found the Faulty HVAC unit, we're in the process shutting it down.
04:51
Burracee, confirming the inside smoke condition on the 100 side of the building, stemming from Suite 130, Fulty HVAC, maintenance on scene.
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NJ-17, Paramus, NJ 07652
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