False fire alarm at Ellington Avenue home

Heard on: Cook IL Fire Dispatch Group Calls

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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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This is Spring Fire Department.

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You have an activated fire alarm.

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(number withheld) Ellington Avenue.

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Hinsdale, you do with an engine.

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Tri-State, you do with a truck.

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Western Springs Fire Department, you have an activated fire alarm.

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Forty 40 Ellington.

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Hinsdale, you do with an engine.

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Tri-State, you do with a truck. Time out, 701 .

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Thank you.

00:19

I'll say 1711 is around (number withheld) Ellington.

00:23

Seventeen eleven, message received.

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Seventeen eleven on the scene.

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Two and a half story residential.

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Investigating northbound, we're going to work on red.

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Message received.

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All incoming units, 44 yelling 10 ft spread on arrival.

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How's that from 1711?

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Go ahead, 1711.

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You can hold up all the auto ways.

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There's no problems here.

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Okay, Massachusetts Hinsdale and Tri-State, you can return for command.

7/30/2026 05:00 AM

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Ellington Ave, Western Springs, IL 60558

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Not official report. AI-generated from public dispatch audio. Always verify with official sources.

As discussed during the dispatch call, firefighters from multiple departments responded to a reported activated fire alarm at a residential building near Ellington Avenue in the Hinsdale and Western Springs area. Crews investigated the multi-story home and determined there did not appear to be a problem, and additional units were held or returned.

False fire alarm at Ellington Avenue home

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