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False alarm at Ridgewood fencing academyRidgewood NJ

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N Maple Ave, Ridgewood, NJ 07450

According to the dispatch call, fire crews responded to a commercial fire alarm near North Maple Avenue at the Durkan Fencing Academy. The alarm was triggered by a basement smoke detector. After investigation, it was confirmed that there was no emergency, and technicians were handling an alarm reset.

Audio|Heard on: Paramus and Area Towns Police / Fire
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02:26
Transcript:
00:00
Dispatch, Ridgewood Fire Department, all apparatus responding near North Maple Avenue, crossing 1st Street and 2nd Street for the commercial fire alarm at Durkan Fencing Academy, coming from the basement storage of B-02 smoke detector.
00:12
Ridgewood Fire Department, all apparatus, responding near North Maple Avenue crossing 1st Street and 2nd Street.
00:19
Commercial fire alarm.
00:21
Durkan Fencing Academy for the basement storage B-02 smoke detector activation.
00:25
Coming to dispatch is 1357.
00:33
1358, 1358.
00:34
3-1358, 3-1 responding, 599 received.
00:47
State 3-1, 1358.
00:50
3158.
00:54
354-2 in service, 1559.
01:01
Near North Maple, two-story ornate construction commercial building.
01:06
Okay, working outside, I'll be investigating as Maple Command.
01:11
Theresa, 1359.
01:19
Fourteen hundred.
01:23
One, one.
01:25
Go on.
01:28
One.
01:31
I just spoke with the dispatcher, they said the on-site technicians removed the appliance and then neglected to call me back and let me know.
01:41
But right now there is no emergency; the devices have been removed since.
01:47
Receive, ladder 0 will be available.
01:52
Receive 17-2 available, 14-01.
02:01
What's ready?
02:15
What's Maple Command to Dispatch?
02:16
Command, good.
02:22
The scene's been turned over to Fire 83 to reset the alarm.
02:25
We're all available, command terminated.

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N Maple Ave, Ridgewood, NJ 07450

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