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Fire alarm malfunction near Main St in PatersonPaterson NJ

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audio iconFire & Arson
Main St, Paterson, NJ 07505

According to the dispatch call, fire crews responded to an activated alarm near Main Street in Paterson. The situation was determined to be a malfunction with no smoke or fire present, and units were made available after resetting the system.

Audio|Heard on: Paterson Fire 1 and 2
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01:12
Transcript:
00:00
Tension engine, four engine, seven ladder two, Battalion 1.
00:04
Near Main Street, crosses of Broadway and Howland, activated fire alarm.
00:11
Attention engine, four engines of the Ladder 2 Battalion 1.
00:15
Near Main Street, crosses of Broadway and Howland Street,
00:19
on an activated fire alarm.
00:22
733 dispatcher 101.
00:32
Ladder 1 call to dispatch.
00:36
Ladder 1.
00:42
This is an alarm activation caused by alarm malfunction.
00:47
No smoke or fire noted.
00:49
Ladder 1 and engine 1 are going to be available, command terminated.
00:56
Paterson, no other smoke or fire.
00:59
It's going to be a signal malfunction, alarm reset and holding.
01:02
Manager 1-9-1 bill, command term in.
01:07
Major 4 is I'm okay.
01:09
We're going to remain to use ordinary.
01:11
This is this one down there.

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Main St, Paterson, NJ 07505

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Incident Timeline

  1. Keyholder Response Coordination
  2. Alarm Reset and Holding
  3. Units Released and Command Terminated
  4. No Fire or Smoke Found
  5. Alarm Malfunction Identified
  6. Initial Alarm Activation

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