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Small campfire reported at vacant home near S 8th StGoshen IN

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S 8th St, Goshen, IN 46526

Emergency responders were dispatched to a vacant residence near South 8th Street following a report of a fire in the backyard. Upon arrival, officials confirmed it was a small campfire and no further actions were needed.

Audio|Heard on: Elkhart, Goshen & Elkhart County Police, Fire & EMS
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03:23
Transcript:
00:00
Dispatch Central, signal 76, check, signal 45.
00:14
Dispatch units, 1043, we have signal 45 units en route to near South 8th Street.
00:20
619, South 8.
00:21
Caller is a neighbor.
00:23
I advise us as an abandoned residence and there was a mail 1023 earlier.
00:27
Now there is an open fire in the backyard.
00:30
Check in the backyard.
00:32
96.
00:34
906. 06.
00:37
535, all cart units still 104.
00:40
Permanent. 7.4.
00:42
7.4.
00:46
Dispatch Central, Signal 45[1], near South 8th Street, between Pearl and Reynolds.
00:55
Callers and neighbor advising, this is a vacant residence.
00:59
Visitor was a male subject there earlier, and now there's an open fire in the backyard.
01:05
We've advised PD as well.
01:07
535, can you put a last year and call?
01:10
Number (number withheld).
01:13
65.
01:16
I'll betcha I'm going to the 23.
01:19
105.
01:20
206. Sam's drop.
01:24
105. The second of that being robbed with 61.
01:32
29.
01:34
9.206.05.
01:36
206.
01:38
206. Would you like this? Would you like it? Would you like it? It looks like a small campfire.
01:47
Okay.
01:53
You didn't call me at 9-9, repeat.
01:55
29-9 for 944.
01:57
Would you like to proceed?
02:03
Great.
02:06
That's for them so we figure out what's going on.
02:11
I got each other floor clear and available.
02:15
Just back to units in Rochester, 8th Street.
02:17
PD is on scene, advising it's a small campfire.
02:21
I'll be clear returning.
02:27
Forty-four, you can stand down west 61, check it out.
02:34
I'll be back out, 66.
02:37
Unfortunately, too.
02:42
6-5.
02:46
And 206.
02:52
You can have 45 units, signal 9.
02:55
We got to put out.
02:57
Turn 4.
02:59
Squad 1 inch,4.
03:02
Go ahead.
03:05
Where's the location?
03:09
96 Studio Edition.
03:13
With station.
03:16
Dispatch units en route to near South 8th Street.
03:19
PD is advising you can signal 9.
03:21
Signal 9[2] may put the fire out.
Police codes explained
The following codes appeared in the transcript and are explained below:
[1]
Signal 45: Fire-related incident or alarm, including possible structure fire, arson, or request for fire response.
[2]
Signal 9: Cancel/disregard; resume normal operations

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S 8th St, Goshen, IN 46526

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