False fire alarm at Niles Center Road apartment

Heard on: Chicago Suburban Fire Departments, MABAS and IFERN

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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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Battalion 16, Engine 18, Truck 18, and Squad 18, respond to fire alarm at (number withheld) Niles Center Road, Unit A.

00:16

Randolph Road, Mutual A for a reported fire.

00:19

Engine 55.

00:25

Ambulance. North Palos,

00:37

802 and 804, ambulance laceration at (number withheld) Moraine Drive, unit 2N.

00:55

One, (number withheld) Norwood at Truly Senior Living, in that room (number withheld) and (number withheld) for the elderly female that fell, has some facial injuries, is confused.

01:06

Give my assignment for ambulance one, squad twenty-one, (number withheld) Norwood, Truly Senior Living,

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room (number withheld) and (number withheld) for the elderly female fall, facial injuries, and is confused.

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Time is twenty-three thirty-nine.

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Message received.

01:26

And we got a call from a homeowner says it's a false alarm.

01:37

Message received.

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Engine 18 only for (number withheld) Niles Center.

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All other units remain in quarters.

6/23/2026 09:36 PM

Fire & Arson

Niles Center Rd A, Skokie, IL 60076

False fire alarm at Niles Center Road apartment

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As discussed during the dispatch call, fire units were dispatched to a reported fire alarm at a building on Niles Center Road in Skokie. The homeowner later reported it was a false alarm, and the response was reduced to a single engine while other units stayed in quarters.

False fire alarm at Niles Center Road apartment

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