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Incident Report – 04/16/2022
22 Forest Ave Apt Garage, Berkeley Heights, NJ 07922

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Summary

On April 16, 2022, Berkeley Heights Fire Department responded to a fire incident at 22 Forest Ave Apt Garage, Berkeley Heights, NJ 07922, a 1-or-2 family dwelling.

The alarm was received at 9:02 PM, 15 suppression and 2 other personnel arrived at 9:08 PM, the incident was controlled at 9:45 PM, and the last unit was cleared at 11:21 PM. The time to arrive was 6 minutes, the time to control the incident was 37 minutes, and the total incident time was 19 minutes.

The following actions were taken during the incident: investigate and extinguish.

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Location

Type Street address
Address 22 Forest Ave Apt Garage, Berkeley Heights, NJ 07922
County Union County
State NJ
City Berkeley Heights
Zip Code 07922
Property Use 1 or 2 family dwelling
Detector Alerted Occupants Unknown
Hazardous Material Released None

Timeline

  • Alarm

    Alarm received at

  • Arrived

    Arrived at

    Alarm to arrival: 6 minutes

  • Incident Controlled

    Incident controlled at

    Alarm to incident controlled: 37 minutes

  • Last Unit Cleared

    Last unit cleared at

    Alarm to last unit cleared: 19 minutes

Response

Incident Type Building fires
Department Station 1
Mutual Aid Given/Received Automatic aid received
Resources Include Mutual Aid No

Personnel

Support Personnel 15
EMS Personnel 0
Other Personnel 2

Fire Department

Name Berkeley Heights Fire Department
Department Type Volunteer
Address 411 Hamilton Ave
Berkeley Heights, NJ 07922-1510
Phone (908) 464-0800
Website http://www.berkeleyheightsfire.com/

Actions Taken

First Action Taken Investigate
Second Action Taken Extinguish

Losses *

Property Loss $70,000
Contents Loss $250,000
Property Value $120,000
Contents Value $251,375
  • Losses are approximate and are considered less reliable than other data elements per NFIRS fire data analysis guidelines.

Metadata

Incident Key NJ_20001_04162022_174_0
State New Jersey
Fire Department ID 20001
Incident Date 04/16/2022
Incident Number 174
Exposure Number 0
NFIRS Version 5.0

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Cause

General Cause Electrical
Main Fire Cause Electrical Malfunction
Priority Cause Electrical Dist

Ignition

Area of Origin Storage: supplies or tools; dead storage
Heat Source Arcing
Item First Ignited Electrical wire, cable insulation
Cause of Ignition Failure of equipment or heat source
Factor Contributing To Ignition Unspecified short-circuit arc

On-Site Materials

On-Site Material Ammunition
On-Site Material Combustible liquid, including heating oil

Spread

No Flame Spread/Same As First/Unknown Yes
Item Contributing Most To Spread Box, carton, bag, basket, barrel
Type Material Contributing Most To Spread Plastic

Structure

Not Residential Yes
Number of Buildings Involved 1
Structure Type Enclosed building
Structure Status In normal use
Building Height: Stories Above Grade 1
Building Height: Stories Below Grade 0
Building Length 34 ft
Building Width 21 ft

Number of Stories With Damage

Story of Fire Origin 1
Number of Stories with Damage: Minor 0
Number of Stories with Damage: Significant 0
Number of Stories with Damage: Heavy 0
Number of Stories with Damage: Extreme 1

Acres

Less Than One Acre Yes

Automatic Extinguishing System

AES Presence None Present

Suppression Factors

Suppression Factor Delayed detection of fire
Suppression Factor Internal arrangement of partitions
Suppression Factor Rain

Detector

Detector Presence None Present

Equipment

Equipment Power Electrical line voltage (>= 50 volts)
Equipment Portability Portable
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