Fire alarm investigated at six-story apartment building, Barrington IL
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Fire & ArsonFire alarm activated at a six-story apartment building near South Country Avenue. A caller who is visually impaired reported smelling smoke but saw no flames or heat. Firefighters found no visible fire and investigated the situation as a possible false alarm.
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03:9
Transcript:
00:00
Fire alarm[1], near South Country Avenue, Unit 206, Engine 602, and Command 620.
00:10
Engine 602 and Command 620.
00:32
620, our caller said she smells smoke,
00:35
she's visually impaired, she said she's not feeling any heat or flames,
00:40
and the alarm was sounding as well.
00:45
Okay, can you upgrade this to all car units, please?
00:50
Message, Steve.
00:51
The ambulance is too.
00:54
Yeah,
00:57
go ahead.
00:58
Was this, you getting this just from a caller or you'd get the National Fire Alert with this address?
01:04
Just the caller.
01:05
Okay,
01:09
she'd just got old park fire units.
01:19
B. Park, we respond with others.
01:23
Fire alarm[1].
01:24
Near South Country Avenue, U.S.
01:27
206. Truck 631, engine 603, ambulance 612, ambulance 611, and ambulance 613.
01:40
So if our first 620, the ambulances could disregard, I had already hit the tone before he stated that ambulances could disregard.
01:48
620s on the scene.
01:49
I got a six-story residential apartment building.
01:56
Got nothing shown on the outside.
01:58
Got investigated fire ground right on arrival.
02:03
A message.
02:11
Tick-O-21010-on-on-on-on-on-on-on- oh.
02:20
That's your school.
02:27
Go-hits-o-2-2.
02:34
The park unit's filming near South Palm Free, standby on arrival.
02:44
Have you there.
02:55
Last half from 620.
03:00
620.
03:01
You can return everyone else besides the 602, please.
03:06
Message received 603 and 631.
03:08
You guys can return.
Police codes explained
The following codes appeared in the transcript and are explained below:
[1]
Fire alarm: Automatic fire alarm activation call
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Location mentioned:
S Country Dr, Barrington, IL 60010
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