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Fire alarm prompts full evacuation at elementary school, Berkeley IL

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Fire & Arson

Reported: 12/4/2025 08:51 AM

Berkeley, IL

Fire units responded to an activated fire alarm at Lee Elementary School in Berkeley, Illinois. The school was fully evacuated as a precaution while fire crews staged nearby to investigate the cause.

Audio|Heard on: Berkeley Fire

Listen to dispatch call

02:35

Transcript:

00:00

No, come. Rosemont, truck 56, allopark, (number withheld), available for activated fire alarm.

00:06

Lee Elementary School, near West Lawrence.

00:11

Near West Lawrence.

00:14

Yeah,

00:15

I can get you a (number withheld).

00:17

Rosemont's unavailable.

00:19

Not available.

00:20

Thank you.

00:26

Mike May was 500 Zutern back to the call.

00:29

C. C.

00:33

C.

00:39

C. 506.

00:43

Message received 506.

00:45

C. C.

00:50

MCD. Pettany-5.

00:52

Pettany-5.

00:56

Battalion 5001-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-9-5-0.

01:07

Command 111-11.

01:12

Go ahead for all out.

01:16

Rosemont's truck and Shillapark's truck are unavailable.

01:20

Do you want them replaced at this town?

01:26

I'm calling for that.

01:28

All right, message received, I'll check it out.

01:32

All right, Tom, 708.

01:38

7.0.

01:41

7.O.8, you're on there.

01:43

Aeros five from MC.

01:47

Yeah, go ahead.

01:51

You're returning, you want to head over to the fire alarm at Lee Elementary School, near West Lawrence.

02:00

Do they, we just left Godwick, do they want us to respond to the ambulance?

02:06

Is that CDA to (number withheld) now?

02:11

No five, let me check.

02:14

We got elementary school, three sides.

02:19

And then we'll switch over to playground of red on arrival and stage on Lawrence.

02:24

We have full evacuation.

02:28

All right on the elementary school, I'll jump from these sides.

02:31

Evacuation and progress.

02:33

Fireground Red upon arrival staging on Lawrence.

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