Fire crews clear scene and restore power near Cicero and Congress, Chicago IL
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Fire & ArsonAs discussed during the dispatch call, fire Department Battalion 18 managed hose and clearance operations near the intersection of Cicero Avenue and West Congress Parkway in Chicago. The area was secured, power was restored, and an ambulance transported one person to Mount Sinai Hospital.
Audio|Heard on: CTA Rail Ops - Chicago Transit Authority
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05:7
Transcript:
00:00
CFD Battalion Number 18 has secondary hose in the area of Cicero and Congress.
00:04
Limits again are Ridgeland to Comar, both directions.
00:06
Cicero and Congress, Battalion 18.
00:24
Rail control to our (number withheld).
00:26
(number withheld), can I have an update please?
00:34
Control, I'm having trouble getting this lock off one of these switches.
00:40
Give me a second, I'm trying to get it off.
00:44
Acknowledged.
00:45
(number withheld).
00:56
I've controlled operator forty-one and forty-one.
00:59
All right, I got the switch off.
01:07
Yay!
01:08
I'm putting the wedge in and then I'll be moving with (number withheld) and then I'll route (number withheld) in.
01:15
All right, acknowledged, let me know when now forty-one is moving.
01:24
Nine forty-one.
01:27
Proceed on site.
01:28
Operate on site.
01:29
Go ahead.
01:42
Good morning.
01:47
Good morning.
01:59
Nine hundred and forty-one northbound, steady read.
02:08
Nine hundred and twenty-one, proceed off site for routed tracks and roller heads clear.
02:14
Sign A shortly.
02:21
Acknowledged, that's Ambulance 23.
02:23
He'll be transported to Mount Sinai, acknowledged.
02:26
And this passenger is apparently turned into a training mission.
02:32
The R6.4 is not activating.
02:44
I'll proceed on site.
02:48
The forty-one is moving now.
02:56
Ready to go, man.
03:08
Has the switch been made out there yet?
03:12
Yes, we are here and moving.
03:17
Okay, are the switch workers on the scene?
03:26
Control, attack forty-one is moving.
03:29
Someone put a round four-four-one in it.
03:36
Switch truck is all on the scene?
03:38
Yes, acknowledged.
03:39
I got two switch workers out here.
03:41
We're going to route some trains into the east boxes.
03:44
Control, acknowledged.
03:52
Forty northbound here at Jackson on a recall.
04:02
You can proceed.
04:03
I'm right on site.
04:11
You can close your doors and proceed now, forty.
04:15
Control to the red line train southbound in Jackson.
04:27
What's your run number?
04:34
Three southbound at Jackson.
04:39
Try this, eight forty-three?
04:42
Eight forty-three.
04:47
That was fourteen minutes delay.
04:57
Power to K202, all units concerned.
04:59
CFD Battalion Number 18 has released their secondary hose in the area of Cicero and Congress.
05:04
The right-of-way has been reported cleared.
05:05
Power is now in the process of being restored.
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This transcript is automatically generated by AI from live dispatch audio. Dispatch communications may include background noise, overlapping speakers, or rapidly evolving situations, and automated transcription may not capture all details or context.
Location mentioned:
W Congress Pkwy & Cicero Ave, Chicago, IL 60644
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