Third alarm fire at old firehouse with gas meter risks, Lakewood Township NJ


A fire broke out at the Old Rescue 2 Firehouse near Carolina St in Lakewood. The fire escalated to a third alarm, requiring multiple fire units to respond. Firefighters worked to control the flames and repositioned equipment for protection. The building has multiple unsecured gas meters outside, creating additional safety concerns.
Audio|Source: Lakewood Fire Department
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Transcript:
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Sofer, cop, we have a setting of water.
00:04
On out water.
00:07
Ladder five from communicate.
00:11
Ladder five.
00:12
Mike, I want you to reposition your ladder. I need you to move it up a little bit so we can protect this corner. The fire's starting to come out on the eight side here.
00:22
I receive. The chauffeur's coming up.
00:25
I need somebody else to help them repositioners.
00:40
Tell down the line for what?
00:42
Command[1] from Edge 7. Engine 7, go.
00:47
Cheapberry routes, walk in the county life. Where do you want?
00:51
When you come up here, try and get into the parking lot, we're going to lay out so you can supply ladder 5.
00:56
Copy, Chief.
01:00
Command[1] from Ladder 1980, we're ready for water and set up.
01:04
Okay, you have to work that out with the station 24.
01:07
24 is capped.
01:09
All right, re-see you.
01:13
93, I heard you.
01:14
Correct.
01:20
I don't have a free line for a minute.
01:24
No.
01:31
Franklin Tower 1 is in right away, Bill.
01:35
Three, six tower one.
01:39
Pointing all five.
01:45
Command[1]ant for engine through.
01:52
Engine 24 from Ladder, 193. We are ready for water, whatever you can send it.
01:57
193, I heard you.
01:59
We are...
02:05
Command[1] for Mention 5.
02:07
All right.
02:09
Go.
02:10
The condition changes in Roosevelt made it some progress in there.
02:15
We're seeing it. Just keep working it.
02:19
Thank you.
02:20
I'll put some line up lights up and take care of it.
02:23
Go to engine.
02:27
Go to engine.
02:28
Go to command.
02:31
Engine three officer from this will be nozzle.
02:34
Yeah, give me a letter.
02:39
Hi.
02:42
Legg, an inch seven's arriving.
02:52
Agent three. You call an engine three chauffeur?
02:55
No, no. Stand by.
03:02
Maybe one from the other three target line.
03:07
Fan by the waterstone.
03:14
Age 7, we got to go back out.
03:16
Blake with the racks on location.
03:20
Raid saves, 20-08.
03:28
Ladder 3, you could?
03:32
Sit.
03:39
Command[1] all units, there's multiple gas meters on this building. If you see gas meter outside, please move off.
03:44
The gas is not secured in the old building, there's multiple meters.
03:52
Lakelifer Command[1].
03:54
Go to Lakewood Command[1].
03:57
Upgrade this to a second, a third alarm.
03:59
I'm going to need all the third alarm units to respond to near Carolina St, which is the Old Rescue 2 Firehouse.
04:11
Very safe.
04:17
Engine three, sofer, engine three.
04:19
You can break that three and a half, hook up, do not charge.
04:26
The three and a half is hooked up.
04:29
All right, what I tell you, you're going to be flowing through ladder five.
04:33
Copy.
04:40
Tower one's arriving.
04:46
193, you got water coming to you.
04:52
193, copy.
04:58
Command[1] from Power 1.
04:59
Command[1] from Power 1.
Police codes explained
The following codes appeared in the transcript and are explained below:
[1]
Command: Incident command in charge of the scene
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Location mentioned:
Near Carolina St, Lakewood, NJ 08701
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