Fire alarm at vehicle maintenance garage in Elwood

Heard on: WESCOM Fire Three

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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 301, (number withheld) South Elwood International Port Road, (number withheld) South Elwood International Port Road, Twenty One Thirty Five.

00:17

Last battalion six.

00:23

Battalion number six.

00:27

Gonna be on scene.

00:28

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.

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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) S Elwood International Port Road, red fire ground.

7/30/2026 07:35 PM

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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 an industrial vehicle maintenance garage on South Elwood International Port Road in Elwood. A battalion chief arrived and reported nothing visible from most sides of the building, but noted alarm strobes and an evacuation in progress, and moved operations to a designated fireground channel.

Fire alarm at vehicle maintenance garage in Elwood

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