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Fire units respond to automatic alarms near Houston AveChicago IL

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audio iconFire & Arson
S Houston Ave, Chicago, IL 60617

According to the dispatch call, emergency units responded to multiple automatic fire alarms near Houston Avenue. No smoke or fire was found, and the alarms could not be reset. The cause of the alarms is unclear, and the alarm company will be contacted for further investigation.

Audio|Heard on: Cook IL Fire Dispatch Group Calls
Listen to dispatch call
01:31
Transcript:
00:00
I have forty-six with your truck now 90 fifty-five Houston automatic alarm.
00:05
Nine thousand and fifty-five Houston for the automatic alarm.
00:09
Forty-six en route.
00:11
Truck 17 to 9055 Houston for the automatic alarm.
00:15
We got a one-story non-combustible library, nothing showing.
00:18
We're going to be facing northbound taking command.
00:21
Truck 17, out.
00:23
Truck 17, go.
00:25
Truck 17, go.
00:28
So you can hold the engine.
00:30
46 return, 46 return.
00:34
46 returning in service.
00:37
Truck 50 on scene for the carbon investigation.
00:41
Three-story building.
00:44
Taxpayer ordinary construction.
00:46
We're northbound, assuming command, switching to five ground.
00:49
Truck 50, I see.
00:52
72 return, you're held by the ammo.
00:55
72 return.
00:57
72 is going to return.
01:00
Engine 47, truck 30 on scene 1727 South Indiana.
01:05
Four-story apartment building.
01:07
Not a shot on the automatic alarm, checking it out.
01:11
Switching fire ground command.
01:13
A47 in the truck.
01:16
Truck 17, Englewood.
01:18
Truck 17, go.
01:21
Reinvestigated, found nothing.
01:22
The alarm could not be reset.
01:24
They're going to be on 911 and they are going to contact their alarm company.
01:27
We'll be in service returning.
01:30
17, message received.

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S Houston Ave, Chicago, IL 60617

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