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Fire alarm triggered by construction dust at Normal addressNormal IL

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Franklin Ave, Normal, IL 61761

Fire alarm at a Normal location was triggered by construction dust. Firefighters investigated and reset the alarm, but it was activated again likely due to dust from ongoing work.

Audio|Heard on: Bloomington and Normal Fire
Listen to dispatch call
01:28
Transcript:
00:00
Thank you. A detector activated by construction dust.
00:06
All the units are in service turning.
00:07
Clans terminated.
00:12
Have one.
00:22
Rescue 13,
00:24
you're needed near Artists Drive for a sick person, thatcom player, (number withheld).
00:40
Cut.
00:47
It activated again.
00:50
He said it was just dust to set it off.
00:52
They're probably not cleared out or you think there's another issue.
01:00
They felt that it was an instruction issue, set off shortly after he was doing this work.
01:07
It's why it was suspected so it could be related to that.
01:13
Okay, well the reset didn't hold, so run in there again, wherever we had to go and just double check it again.
01:24
I tell you, next to Macomb.
01:27
17 hard to drive.

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Location mentioned:
Franklin Ave, Normal, IL 61761

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Incident Timeline

  1. Final Resolution and Units Cleared
  2. Repeated Alarm Activations and Final Checks
  3. Alarm Trigger Identified as Construction Dust
  4. Alarm Investigation and Reset Attempts
  5. Initial Response and Arrival

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