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Kitchen fire prompts second alarm at Westfield residenceWestfield NJ

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Near Fairacres Ave, Westfield, NJ 07090

Firefighters responded to a kitchen fire at a residence near Fairacres Avenue in Westfield. Multiple fire departments provided mutual aid and a second alarm was issued. The fire was reported as knocked down during the response. Additional units covered other stations while firefighting efforts continued.

Audio|Source: Roselle Park Fire & UCMA
06:30
Transcript:
00:00
Union County to All Communications Center, attention, Garwood Engine, Penton,
00:05
Plainfield Engine,
00:06
Springfield Ladder.
00:08
Respond, Mutual Aid[2], and Second Alarm[1] to the Scene,
00:12
then Westfield, near Fairacres Ave.
00:16
Repeating Attention, Garwood Engine, Plainfield Engine, Springfield Ladder.
00:21
Respond, near Fairacres Ave in Westfield.
00:23
Fairacres Drive Avenue in Westfield.
00:27
On sick alarm for working structure fire, time.
00:41
At Springfield, fire, ladders, requests of mutual aid to the scene on Westfield, second alarm, near Fairacres Ave,
00:49
Fair Acres Avenue for working out of kitchen fire.
00:56
See, Macdo.
00:58
Macduay, sir. Back to, sir.
01:12
Union County at All Communications Center, Tension, Fanwood Ladder, Lyndon Engine, and Roselle Engine,
01:20
respond on a cover assignment into Westfield, near North Avenue West.
01:26
Repeating Attention, Allet Communications Center, Attention, Fanwood, Ladder, Lyndon Engine,
01:32
Roselle Engine,
01:34
Respond Mutual Aid[2] on the cover assignment, the Westfield Fire Headquarters are near North Avenue West.
01:49
Forward, ladders requested, mutual aid into Westfield for a station cover.
01:56
Near North Avenue West and Westfield on a cover. Ladders requested.
02:01
(number withheld).
02:04
That's an agent available in quarters.
02:11
All right, Roosevelt Fire, Disregard. Disregard.
02:15
That's an engine available in quarters if you want to cancel a limit.
02:20
Okay, I receive.
02:25
Okay, Mac 2, which engine are we talking?
02:30
(number withheld).
02:32
Okay, received.
02:34
We're canceling a Roselle engine.
02:40
This guy finds fire.
02:43
One engine's requested mutualite into Westfield on a second alarm, near Fair Acres Avenue, near Fair Acres Avenue.
02:51
It's a fiery out working kitchen fire.
02:53
Engine only.
02:54
(number withheld).
02:59
Any Mac 1?
03:02
Mac 1? Mac 1. Mac 1. All right, you're reported if the fire is knocked down. It's kitchen fire.
03:15
All right, they're still requesting a second alarm to the scene?
03:17
As a right now, yes, I haven't heard anything else.
03:22
All right, I'll be pulling up shortly and make sure all the second alarm company's going to ups too.
03:27
There is a be called up, press it out.
03:29
Tension, playing field engine, Garwin engine.
03:35
Springfield ladder.
03:38
We're switched to ops two.
03:40
He was responding to the fire, switched off.
03:46
Lynn's in the county.
03:48
Go on the left row.
03:51
Do you, Springfield.
03:54
Other you.
03:57
Scratch plane is responding to it?
04:02
Plainsville and the county respond in the Westville.
04:05
Oh,
04:06
geez, I don't know it works.
04:24
with your message list.
04:28
We're going to have to scratch our engine in a minute.
04:30
We're going to have to fix our engine in a minute.
04:34
We see.
04:35
Scott Plains, I think, re-handed, following on time.
04:41
Scotch Plains, Reinstructed to the go to the scene or recover?
04:45
I did smash that to the scene.
04:50
Okay,
04:52
receive, continue in.
04:55
Stop it, right round.
04:59
Yeah, you Mac 1's on a fire scene.
05:03
See, Mac 1, you're on the scene at 1630.
05:07
2 is on the fire scene.
05:10
Back 2 on a fire scene, 1631. Do you know going through government?
05:17
Add it from Mac 1.
05:19
Good, Mac.
05:21
All right,
05:22
just give me a rundown. Who's coming to the scene and who's going to the cover?
05:26
The scene is going to be Springfield Ladder,
05:30
Plainfield Engine,
05:32
and Scotch Plainton Engine.
05:34
Mac2, Mac2A, and yourself.
05:37
The cover's going to be Fanwood, Lyndon, and Roe. The cover is going to be Fanwood, Lyndon, and Roe.
05:48
Yeah, permanent. Stand by.
05:52
To mutually end the West, Joe, on a cover, Simon.
05:55
Near North Avenue West, near North Avenue West.
05:59
In West, Hill on a cover, Roselle, one engine.
06:02
1630. All right, Mac went to the second alarm company. She's staged about a blockout.
06:15
Judge Reed Street blockup.
06:20
Springfield, Ladder Receive, we're pulling up.
06:25
Receive last, Springfield Ladder at 1630.
06:30
Johnny,
Police codes explained
The following codes appeared in the transcript and are explained below:
[1]
Second Alarm: Escalation requesting additional resources; units to be added or staged
[2]
Mutual Aid: Request for assistance from neighboring agency/jurisdiction

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Near Fairacres Ave, Westfield, NJ 07090

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