False alarm at commercial building on Waukegan Avenue

Heard on: Lake Forest IL Fire Dispatch

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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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A commercial fire alarm, grid 3438, at 250 Waukegan Avenue.

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Ambulance 34, engine 32, engine 422, and battalion 33.

00:19

Engine 33, Med 32, your patient's going to be on Second Street just south of Central, east side.

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Second Street, south of Central.

00:32

Engine 33.

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Highland Park from Squad 34, you can hold off like for us, we'll respond to that.

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Okay, Engine 422, if you guys are in the area, you can stay on.

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Engine 422, stay on.

00:56

Dispatch Battalion 33 is on location.

00:58

One-story commercial building, ordinary construction,

01:01

100 by 50, nothing showing.

01:13

Battalion, I just got a call from the premise.

01:15

They were burning off new ovens.

01:17

No issues.

01:21

Received. Yeah, I need to handle holding off.

01:26

Copy, 432 again.

2026-10-17 15:26 UTC

Fire

Waukegan Ave, Highwood, IL 60040

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 commercial fire alarm at a business near Waukegan Avenue. Units arrived at a one-story commercial building with nothing showing, and the business reported they were burning off new ovens with no issues. Some responding units were held off while the situation was assessed.