Fire alarms at multiple sites trigger false alerts, Du Quoin IL
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Fire & ArsonFire alarms were activated at multiple sites, including Marshall Browning Hospital, but no smoke or fire was found. The alarms appeared to be malfunctioning and the situation was cleared after resetting the systems.
Audio|Heard on: Franklin, Perry, Jackson, Williamson, and Jefferson Counties Police, Fire and EMS
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02:38
Transcript:
00:00
That's from fire 14.
00:02
Point fire, fire alarm.
00:05
Go ahead.
00:10
And there is an alarm activated.
00:12
There seems to be no issue.
00:14
It might just be a malfunction.
00:16
Is there a phone number that we can call to
00:20
Access,
00:21
whoever knows what's going on with this system.
00:26
Attention Du Quoin Fire, attention to coin fire, firearm calls, 900.
00:31
Near North Washington for Marshall Browning Hospital for a fire alarm.
00:36
Oh, if it's going off in there, duct work, city's cleared.
00:39
Okay. City's cleared.
00:40
7-4. All right.
00:46
This round.
00:54
I do not believe he's actually choking on it, I believe he's just extremely sick from it.
01:00
He was alert, conscious, and breathing time.
01:03
Very safe. Thank you, ma'am.
01:13
5.4-7-4.
01:16
And it has an activated alarm,
01:18
but it doesn't seem like there's an issue here.
01:22
Ten, four.
01:25
Thirty, four.
01:26
Three-five, ten-four.
01:34
Twenty-six, en route with two men on board.
01:42
Team on ten, in route with two men on board.
01:45
D-46 and D110 from DeCoyne City.
01:49
Good.
01:52
Just for your 43, security is on-scene investigating.
01:55
They're not able to see any smoke or flames from any obvious sources.
02:01
Understood.
02:03
They're going to be the same area.
02:07
You see John.
02:08
Okay, want to see the night, copy?
02:11
Into-4. Show it's on-scene.
02:14
To
02:21
Be and C There seems to be no issue with the tenants One of these the buildings are being worked on But the activation is still alerting and there doesn't seem like there's no panel here
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Location mentioned:
N Washington St, Du Quoin, IL 62832
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