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False fire alarm at commercial building near Connecticut streetGary IN

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audio iconFire & Arson
Connecticut St, Gary, IN 46409

According to the dispatch call, responders investigated a large commercial building alarm near Connecticut Street. The alarm was caused by welding or grinding activity and was determined to be a false fire alarm.

Audio|Heard on: Lake County Public Safety
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01:46
Transcript:
00:00
4616 is going to be on scene large commercial structure.
00:02
Nothing shall be out and nothing else again.
00:06
1530 go to an alarm near Connecticut Street.
00:10
Copy 461619, large commercial structure, nothing's showing from the outside.
00:14
If you brought in here, absolutely.
00:16
104.
00:17
South County 61 is out.
00:20
Copy 829.
00:21
36.16, I'm also not getting any Xero on the phone.
00:25
1517-1530. There's your guard.
00:26
It's going to be a false alarm.
00:32
Thanks, Claire.
00:33
Let me update the note.
00:34
Close on the alarm.
00:35
All right, close.
00:36
You'll move. 30-close.
00:37
1330 copies.
00:40
1530 copies.
00:43
Keeper close.
00:44
10-4.
00:46
4701's on scene.
00:55
South to truck four,
00:58
go to the south side, south to engine five, come to the west side.
01:04
1626 Central.
01:06
1656.
01:07
47 17-17 southbound south side of the south side of the building right now.
01:14
626 can't leave back on the federal axis?
01:17
Turn 4.
01:19
Copy, I'll give you truck 4 over there as well.
01:23
4515 is on soon.
01:26
Tom, 47.
01:28
Okay.
01:29
Copy.
01:30
Engine Southern apostle telling you and again an employee here saying that it was a welder grinding on some metal, probably a false alarm.
01:37
I seem to run an Indiana template.
01:41
Does you get anything?
01:42
Okay.
01:43
Copy. Just go check it out.
01:45
Let me know what you got.

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Location mentioned:
Connecticut St, Gary, IN 46409

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