False fire alarm at Lowe's Home Improvement in Vernon Hills, Vernon Hills IL
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Fire & ArsonAs discussed during the dispatch call, a fire alarm at Lowe's Home Improvement near North Milwaukee Avenue in Vernon Hills was investigated and determined to be a false alarm with no fire or smoke detected.
Audio|Heard on: Lake IL Fire Dispatch Group Calls
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Transcript:
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District 41 B160G, Libertyville Engine 462 and Battalion 43,
00:07
fire alarm at near North Milwaukee Avenue, Vernon Hills.
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Lowe's Home Improvement near Artaius Parkway and East Gregg Parkway.
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Time out 2127.
00:22
Battalion 41, go ahead.
00:25
Ten forty-one on scene, large single-story commercial structure.
00:28
Nothing's showing out of it right.
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We come from ten forty-three.
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Ten forty-three, go ahead.
00:39
Is this a retone or just the call that ten forty-one's on?
00:43
Battalion 43 here.
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Engine 462 en route, fire alarm.
00:47
Libertyville, I got you en route.
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Battalion 43, this is an additional one.
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Hey engine 412, why don't you handle that Lowe's call? It was a false alarm.
01:01
Engine 412 copies, heading to Lowe's.
01:04
Should we need to disregard Libertyville?
01:07
Yeah, you can disregard it.
01:10
Message received, Libertyville Engine 460.
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You can disregard.
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Lake County Battalion 41, no problem out here.
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Alarm should reset.
01:20
I'm gonna head over to Lowe's.
01:22
Battalion 41, message received.
01:25
Lake County from Countryside Engine 412.
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Engine 412, clear.
01:32
Engine 412 is on scene of a large home improvement store.
01:35
We got nothing showing.
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We'll be on our red fire ground investigating.
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I'll be low command.
01:41
412 on scene, large home improvement store, nothing showing out of the home room.
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Location mentioned:
N Milwaukee Ave, Vernon Hills, IL 60061
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