False commercial fire alarm at Marling Lumber

Heard on: Rock County Public Safety

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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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814 and Battalion 8 respond to (number withheld) Humes Road for a alarm commercial fire.

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Cross streets are Newville Road and Kennedy Road.

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Time now 0837.

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Time next route Marlin.

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Copy Battalion and route.

00:35

Take the scene route Marling Lumber.

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Hazel units, you're going to Marlin.

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(number withheld) Humes Road across from Kennedy to Newville.

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Exchange all six.

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Showing zone two, cityscape fire eye.

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Fire Battalion Eight.

01:07

Fire 15, Battalion Eight, Marling Lumber, big inside, one-story commercial.

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Nothing showing from the exterior.

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15 will be out investigating.

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I've got units in. 15, I copy you're on scene.

01:21

I just called inside.

01:22

It's a false alarm.

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They're trying to get a balloon down and hit the sensor.

6/8/2026 06:37 AM

Fire & Arson

Humes Rd, Janesville, WI 53545

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 commercial fire alarm at a business on Humes Road, across from Kennedy and Newville roads. Units investigated the one-story commercial building and determined it was a false alarm, apparently triggered by a balloon hitting a sensor.