Fire alarm triggered in Weehawken apartment building, Weehawken NJ
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Fire & ArsonAccording to the dispatch call, a fire alarm was activated in an apartment on the third floor near Hackensack Plank Road in Weehawken. Fire units responded, but no fire or alarms were detected upon arrival. The apartment above reported hearing the alarm.
Audio|Heard on: North Hudson Regional Fire and Rescue
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03:16
Transcript:
00:00
City Engine 4-engine 3, Squad 2, Ladder 1, Battalion 1, respond, near Hackensack Plank Road, fire alarms activated, apartment 314 on the third floor.
00:10
That's for Engine 4-engine 3-3, Squad 2, Ladder 1, Battalion, respond,
00:13
near Hackensack Plank Road, investigate fire alarms activated,
00:17
apartment 314 on the third floor.
00:21
This be advised, there's no answer at the door.
00:23
This is called in by apartment 414, on the apartment above.
00:33
You're responding to cover speedby.
00:35
It's going to be in Weehawken, not Union City, Weehawken, near Hackensack Plank Road.
00:39
Okay.
00:45
Battalion 1 responding.
00:51
Battalion 1 responding.
01:04
Control Engine 4 is on the scene.
01:06
We have a residential mid-rise.
01:08
Alarms are not sounding, nothing showing.
01:11
Engine 4 will be investigating establishing Hackensack Plank Road command.
01:14
Command.
01:18
Receive Engine 4 on the scene.
01:20
Nothing showing.
01:21
No alarms are sounding.
01:23
Engine 4 is establishing Hackensack Plank Road command.
01:26
Okay. Engine 3 is on the scene.
01:28
Engine 3 is assuming Hackensack Plank Road command.
01:35
Receive Engine 3 assuming command.
01:52
Fire control from Squad 2.
01:54
Can you confirm that address?
02:02
Near Hackensack Plank Road in Weehawken.
02:07
That's near Hackensack Plank Road in Weehawken. That's near Hackensack Plank Road on the Weehawken side.
02:12
Squad 2 received.
02:18
Battalion 1 is on the scene.
02:21
Command has to be given.
02:27
Chief Battalion 1 on the scene, assuming Hackensack Plank Road command.
02:39
Caller is in apartment 414.
02:43
They heard the alarm going off at apartment 314.
02:53
Stand by.
03:03
Engine 4 from command, the alarm is going off in that apartment.
03:14
Squad 2 on the scene, third floor.
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This transcript is automatically generated by AI from live dispatch audio. Dispatch communications may include background noise, overlapping speakers, or rapidly evolving situations, and automated transcription may not capture all details or context.
Location mentioned:
Hackensack Plank Rd, Weehawken Township, NJ 07086
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