Fire alarm at South State Street commercial strip

Heard on: Boone County Fire Dispatch

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This transcript is auto-generated from live dispatch audio and may be incomplete or inaccurate. It is not an official report and may change.

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Attention Belvidere Fire Station One, fire alarm (number withheld) South State, (number withheld) South State, Sam and George Holding.

00:07

Covers a general fire alarm.

00:20

Attention Belvidere Fire Station One, a fire alarm (number withheld) South State, (number withheld) South State.

00:27

Sam and George holding for a general fire alarm.

00:31

There's no keys.

00:32

Time out 2049 clear.

00:40

Control 191, you're on the route.

00:45

191, 10-4.

00:51

191, we just received a hang up or a 911 call.

00:55

The female said the entire strip is alarms are going off.

00:58

They don't see smoke or flames.

01:04

191 direct, I'm on scene of a one-story commercial, nothing showing.

01:09

10-4,

01:10

nothing showing, one-story.

01:16

191 with state command, we'll be going to red.

6/29/2026 06:48 PM

Fire

S State St, Belvidere, IL 61008

Not official report. AI-generated from public dispatch audio. Always verify with official sources.

As discussed during the dispatch call, fire crews were dispatched to a reported general fire alarm at businesses on South State Street in Belvidere. A caller later reported that alarms were sounding throughout the strip of stores, but no smoke or flames were seen. Responding units found a one-story commercial building with nothing visible and treated it as a possible alarm issue.