Fire alarm activation at Confluence Towers (reported false alarm)

Heard on: Madison and Clinton Counties Sheriff, Fire and EMS

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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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It's at Hartford Confluence Towers.

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Point of activation is the south storage smoke.

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Attention firefighter south working still for Hartford.

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Respond to (number withheld) Confluence Tower Drive to Confluence Towers.

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Point of activation is the south tower storage smoke.

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No secondary information at this time.

00:20

Time out 1456.

00:27

(number withheld) Garden Street,

00:28

68 male stroke.

00:31

EMS. 1102 Garden, 68 male stroke.

00:41

Public service 094 advised he saw what appeared to be a juvenile unattended playing in a puddle by Fontaine Road and the ice machine.

00:54

He was a black male,

00:57

approximately (number withheld) years of age.

01:15

Dispatch, looks like it's going to be a false alarm.

01:18

Talking to workers right now.

01:21

10-4, false alarm.

01:26

They're advising that the alarm just started going off.

01:29

I don't know if fire wants to come out and investigate that.

2026-10-23 19:55 UTC

Fire

Confluence Tower, 435 Confluence Tower Dr, Hartford, IL 62048

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

As discussed during the dispatch call, fire crews were dispatched to Confluence Towers in Hartford for a fire alarm/smoke activation in the south tower storage area. On scene, workers indicated it appeared to be a false alarm and that the alarm had just started going off.