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False commercial fire alarm caused by shower steam, Paterson NJ

Fire & Arson

Reported: 11/2/2025 07:36 PM

Near Rosa Parks Blvd, Paterson, NJ 07501

A commercial fire alarm was activated near Rosa Parks Boulevard, Ellison Street, and Pearl Street in Paterson. Fire responders investigated and found that the alarm was falsely triggered by steam from a shower, with no actual fire emergency.

Audio|Source: Paterson Fire 1 and 2

01:47

Transcript:

00:00

Attention engine 1, engine 5, engine 4, ladder 1, rescue 2, battalion 3, respond to near Rosa Parks Blvd, Ellison Street, and Pearl Street on commercial fire alarm.

00:10

Attention engine 1, engine 5, engine 4, ladder 1, rescue 2, battalion 3, respond to near Rosa Parks Blvd, Ellison Street, and Pearl Street on commercial fire alarm, 2242, operator 1007.

00:26

Battalion 1 dispatch. Dispatch, I'm responding to cancel the third battalion.

00:34

Receive, battalion 1, Battalion 3, condition regards.

00:38

Battalion 3, Condition 2.

00:40

The battalion 3, thanks one.

00:49

Okay, one's down two and a half story frame, nothing.

00:58

See the time one, two and a half story framed up there.

01:07

And when this battalion be advised in today's frame, multiple dwellings.

01:18

Team multi-dwelling.

01:27

I want to dispatch.

01:30

This is steam from a shower.

01:32

Reset the alarm.

01:34

I'm going to hold engine one, ladder one, all units are available.

01:40

False alarm caused by steam from the shower,

01:44

holding in the 101,

01:46

all units are available.

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Near Rosa Parks Blvd, Paterson, NJ 07501

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