Automatic fire alarm at McNair Elementary School

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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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Attention Winnebago Fire, responding to an automatic alarm.

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Covered zone one, no description.

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(number withheld) East McNair Road at St.McNair Elementary School.

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Time out 1710 .

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County Fire 1990 is en route.

00:27

1990.

00:41

Winnebago dispatch, Charles 81's been en route.

00:47

Charles 81.

00:51

Winnebago dispatch, 1901's en route, code 22.

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1901.

01:06

County fire, 1990 is arriving on scene.

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McNair Elementary School, two-story commercial, unoccupied school.

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Nothing showing from three sides.

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Horns and strobes activated.

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1990, you'll have command.

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Winnebago dispatch, Charles 81's on scene.

01:36

Copy 1901. Copy 1992.

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Story building unoccupied.

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Nothing showing.

01:43

Out. Investigate.

01:44

Nothing showing. Three sides out.

01:45

Investigating. 1990 has command.

8/3/2026 03:09 PM

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E McNair Rd, Winnebago, IL 61088

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

As discussed during the dispatch call, fire units responded to an automatic fire alarm at an elementary school on East McNair Road in Winnebago. Crews reported a two-story unoccupied school with alarm horns and strobes activated and nothing visible from outside while they investigated.

Automatic fire alarm at McNair Elementary School

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