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False alarm of structure fire near northwest highwayBarrington IL

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W Northwest Hwy, Barrington, IL 60010

A report of a structure fire near West Northwest Highway prompted multiple emergency units to respond. Upon arrival, no fire was found, and it was determined to be a false alarm. All responding units were released from the scene.

Audio|Heard on: Fire East Dispatch - Cary, Fox River Grove, McHenry and Nunda
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02:0
Transcript:
00:00
Cary, structure fire, fire suppression RM 630, 640, West-Northwest highway, Battalion 2,
00:11
241, 242, 641,
00:15
181, 181, 1351, and 602, due, time (number withheld).
00:36
And Kenner, you can show 1303 en route to Cary's fire.
00:42
I'm not sure what's going on.
00:50
County put this in on.
00:51
They need to get back to me.
00:54
I'm not showing any calls here.
00:57
Okay, 10-4[1].
00:58
Battalion 2 is on the scene, nothing shown from the front of the building.
01:01
Battalion 2 will be Northwest Highway Command, all you need to send a ride will switch the fire ground red.
01:05
2.41 go to the rear building, see what's going on back at the fire room.
01:13
The Chenery, Round Lake,
01:15
Ladder Tower is en route to your fire.
01:25
Round Lake's supposed to be going to Spring Grove 6325 North Shore Avenue.
01:29
You can switch over to county's frequency.
01:39
Battalion 2 for McHenry.
01:43
Go ahead, McCannery.
01:47
Let me call back.
01:48
They put this in. This is a mistake, they told me.
01:51
All units can return.
01:55
Okay, ten-four, we're going to check out the room over here, all of the units that are not on the scene, can go ahead and return.
Police codes explained
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[1]
10-4: Acknowledgement / Affirmative

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W Northwest Hwy, Barrington, IL 60010

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