Crime & Safety

Fire Blotter: Department Responds to Chimney Fraud and Oven Fire

Downed utility wires and emergency medical calls on fire department to do list

June 21
  • The department responded to alarm activations on North Avenue West, Elm Street and Manchester Drive.
June 22
  • The department responded to public assistance calls on Roosevelt Street and the Memorial Pool.
  • The department responded to an alarm activation on Rahway Avenue.
  • The department investigated a report of carbon monoxide on Wychwood Road.
June 23
  • The department investigated chimney fraud on Shackamaxon Drive.
  • The department responded to a motor vehicle accident on East Dudley and Lawrence Avenue.
  • The department investigated an alarm on Elm Street.
June 24
  • The department responded to an oven fire on Orena Circle.
  • The department provided standby for a utility wire on East Broad Street.
  • The department investigated Livingston Street.
June 25
  • The department investigated alarm activations on Fairmont Avenue and Colonial Avenue.
  • The department investigated a hazardous condition on East Broad Street.
  • The department did a utility wire standby on Harrow Road.
June 26
  • The department investigated carbon monoxide on Golf Edge and Minisink Way.
  • The department assisted with utility wires on Lamberts Mill Road, Tamaques Way, North Wickom Drive and Rutgers Court.
  • The department responded to an emergency medical call on North Avenue West.
  • The department responded to alarm activations on Canterbury Road, First Street and St. Paul Street.
June 27
  • The department assisted with utility wires on South Euclid Avenue, Scotch Plains Avenue and North Wickom Drive. 
  • The department responded to alarm activations on Mountain Avenue, Norgate and Prospect Street.
June 28
  • The department responded to alarm activations on Channing Avenue and Scotch Plains Avenue.
  • The department responded to an emergency medical call on Elmer Street.
June 29
  • The department responded to emergency medical calls on West Broad Street, Clark Street, Bates Way, North Avenue East, Amy Drive, Central Avenue, Rising Way and East Broad Street.
  • The department responded to a down utility wire on Boulevard.
June 30
  • The department responded to an emergency medical call on Lamberts Mill Road.
  • The department worked on a down utility wire on North Avenue West.
  • The department investigated North Avenue West.


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