Smoke reported at church with no fire found, Chesterton IN
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Fire & ArsonSmoke was reported coming from a pipe at the First United Methodist Church near South Second Street. Fire crews arrived but found no visible fire and held all units on scene.
Audio|Heard on: Porter County Public Safety
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02:43
Transcript:
00:00
Chesterton Fire, 502,
00:03
501, 515, 520, Chesterton Fire, Off-Duty Co-back, 3322, Porter Engine, Portage Engine 2, and Medic 11.
00:15
Priority 1[2].
00:16
Structure fire, high life hazard,
00:19
First United Methodist Church, near South Second St.
00:28
Prince Robert's Clear, 2331.
00:34
Central 911 en route.
00:37
911, you're en route, 2331,
00:41
2434, South 2nd Street.
00:43
That'll be the First United Methodist Church.
00:45
The caller is reporting smoke coming out of a pipe at this location.
00:55
Search 123.
01:01
59 out of the church, I'm checking.
01:05
59.
01:11
1333333.
01:13
The search in 333.
01:18
The search in 333.
01:22
Central 3302 Tuesdays en route.
01:29
362.6.2.6. Okay.
01:36
Hello, Ben, Ross, and Mitch, and please facilitate trying out of Kevin, stopper, for you can.
01:45
No. Second.
01:55
Aversion 59 status.
01:58
10-4[1]. We're not seeing anything.
02:06
Clear. Not seeing anything.
02:12
5-0-1 central.
02:15
5-0. 501.
02:16
5-1 somewhere else.
02:19
In Radclay 335, for units responding to 2nd Street, PD on scene advising they are not seeing anything.
02:30
Actual 502.
02:32
I'll be on scene.
02:33
A large church, nothing showing.
02:35
You can hold all mutual aid units this time.
02:40
For a large church, nothing showing, hold all units at this time.
Police codes explained
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[1]
10-4: Acknowledgment; message received and understood.
[2]
Priority 1: Highest-priority emergency response requiring immediate action due to threat to life, safety, or property.
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Location mentioned:
S 2nd St, Chesterton, IN 46304
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