Fire alarm at large vehicle maintenance garage

Heard on: Will IL Fire Dispatch Group Calls

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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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Elwood Fire, for the fire alarm, Battalion Six, Six Twelve, and Six Eleven, BNSF Three Hundred One, (number withheld) South Elwood International Port Road, (number withheld) South Elwood International Port Road, (number withheld).

00:22

Welcome to Battalion Six.

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Battalion Number Six.

00:28

Gonna be on scene.

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Nothing showing from three sides of a large vehicle maintenance garage.

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We do have strobe activation with evacuation.

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I'm gonna be establishing 301 command and switching to red fire ground, please.

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All right, Battalion Six, large maintenance garage.

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You'll be out.

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Red fire ground.

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Companies

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(number withheld), Elwood International Port Road, red fire ground.

7/30/2026 07:35 PM

Fire

S Elwood International Port Rd, Elwood, IL 60421

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

As discussed during the dispatch call, fire crews responded to a reported fire alarm at a large vehicle maintenance garage near South Elwood International Port Road in Elwood. On arrival, nothing apparent was showing from three sides of the building, but alarm strobes were activated and the facility was evacuated. Command was established and operations moved to a designated fireground channel.

Fire alarm at large vehicle maintenance garage

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