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Smoke detector in yard causes false fire alert, Paterson NJ

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Near E 15th St, Paterson, NJ 07524

Fire crews responded to a report of a smoke detector sounding in a yard for several days. Upon arrival at near East 15, they found no signs of fire or alarm activation at a two-story residential building. It was determined that a discarded smoke detector in the garbage caused the alert.

Audio|Source: Paterson Fire 1 and 2
02:44
Transcript:
00:00
All right,
00:10
this is a neighbor that called.
00:12
I'm being redirected to East 60's Algerian address to the Mesa. There's been a smoke detector in a yard going up for the last couple of days.
00:20
Um,
00:22
I am checking,
00:24
I'll give you an adjutant just in a minute.
00:38
All right, engine 5 corn dispatch. We're going to go with a hazard of near East 16.
00:45
I'm located two story type 5 residential.
00:48
No sign of focal fire.
00:51
No alarm sounded.
00:53
I'll be establishing command.
00:58
7408.5. Got it.
01:09
E50 command, go to this back.
01:13
15, command. 15, command.
01:16
Call that just five.
01:19
All right, this is a smoky section garbage. We're, uh, trying to locate.
01:24
It's all done.
01:25
It's all right.
01:28
Spatcherspoon, Cabbie said, just holding you still?
01:31
Yeah, just hold me. I'm trying to find the smoke detector in one of these garbages.
01:37
Spatry Steve. You're signing too. You're received.
01:42
Engine 5 captains to engine 5 driver.
01:56
Come back around to near East 15, I'll be ready. I'll find the up to the point in check.
02:00
Wait for Tom.
02:04
Ccuhc.
02:09
C-60 command call on dispatch.
02:13
E-16 command-ahead.
02:17
Correct address is near East 15.
02:22
near East 15.
02:25
Somebody threw a smoking test in the yard.
02:29
Disconnected.
02:31
Going in the garbage.
02:32
Enter 5's available command terminated.
02:36
Dispatch receipt near East 15, multiple detectors going in the garbage.
02:42
Command is terminated, N2-190.192.

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Near E 15th St, Paterson, NJ 07524
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