Fire alarm triggers evacuation at group home on Macopin Rd, West Milford NJ


A fire alarm was activated at a group home near Macopin Road in West Milford. Firefighters and police responded promptly. All occupants were safely evacuated. The Department of Public Works was called to assist with cleanup after firefighters extinguished the fire, dumping garbage truck contents onto the road for fire suppression.
Audio|Source: West Milford Police
02:34
Transcript:
00:00
One three have an activated fire alarm coming from near Macopin Road. That's near Macopin Road, the group home. Coming in as a general fire alarm, I'll dispatch fire.
00:15
Three copies.
00:22
Due to a 1-0, you can blow it down.
00:24
Everybody's out.
00:29
10-4[1].
01:10
WPCQ 551, the company,
01:13
461. I have an activated fire alarm coming from near Macopin Road.
01:18
That's near Macopin Road.
01:22
It's a group home.
01:23
Coming in as a general alarm.
01:25
One all I'm out.
01:30
Step one.
01:36
Three though.
01:42
Definitely.
01:51
One O to Westmelford.
01:55
Go ahead, 401.
01:57
All right,
02:01
can you give DPW heads up? They're going to have to dump everything out of the truck here onto the road.
02:10
So once they're finished fighting this fire, we're going to need a cleanup from DPW.
02:18
Turned wrong, hold now.
02:27
Two westmover just devise them, they're going to need the bucket loader.
02:33
Bucket loader, ten-four.
Police codes explained
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[1]
10-4: Acknowledgment (Affirmative)
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Location mentioned:
Near Macopin Rd, West Milford, NJ 07480
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