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False fire alarm at Mattoon group home sparks quick response, Mattoon IL

Fire & Arson

Reported: 11/30/2025 07:41 AM

Hickory Ln, Mattoon, IL 61938

Fire crews rushed to a fire alarm at a group home on Hickory Lane in Mattoon. No fire was found; the alarm was triggered by cooking and was swiftly reset with no problems.

Audio|Heard on: Coles County Police, Fire, EMS and EMA

Listen to dispatch call

02:5

Transcript:

00:00

Matt 2 fire, activated fire alarm, near Hickory Lane, this will be a CTF group home, point of activation general fire.

00:11

Could be on clear, 944.

00:15

Matthew 5, engine 23, engine 21, rest be 25, will respond.

00:25

28 will respond also.

00:32

Matching Fire, Seagot from 23, please just now.

00:39

945.

00:45

21,

00:46

28,

00:47

25.

00:48

10 more, 946.

00:57

C-Font-23 goes arriving on scene.

01:01

We have a 2,000 square foot,

01:05

single-family structure, nothing shown from the outside.

01:10

More to come.

01:13

948.

01:19

Call out of my tune units from 23.

01:22

This was a cooking incident.

01:24

Keep in disregard.

01:27

All their units copy.

01:29

Hey, 25, if you have that rider, would you meet up with 28? That's a switcher over that if you guys are running out of town there.

01:36

Two,

01:41

four, we can do that.

01:48

See confidence 23.

01:52

Go ahead.

01:55

Please show all units clear on Hickory Lane.

01:58

The alarm has been reset with no issues.

02:03

10-4[1]. All units clear 950.

Police codes explained

The following codes appeared in the transcript and are explained below:

[1]

10-4: Acknowledgement / Affirmative

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Location mentioned:

Hickory Ln, Mattoon, IL 61938

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