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Fire alarm reported at Evanston location is false, Evanston IL

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Fire & Arson

Reported: 12/9/2025 10:41 AM

Chicago Ave, Evanston, IL 60202

Emergency responders were dispatched to a fire alarm at a location near Chicago Avenue in Evanston. Upon investigation, the alarm was found to be false. No fire or emergency was present.

Audio|Heard on: Chicago Suburban Fire Departments, MABAS and IFERN

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02:27

Transcript:

00:00

21 for near Chicago Ave Unit 105 for a phone-in alarm.

00:07

Evanston, AFA assignment into 22, truck 3-2, but time 21, near Chicago Ave Unit 105 for the phone-in alarm.

00:16

Timeout is 1242.

00:26

66, South Lake Street, Munda Line, New Year of Barbershop Mew, near North Illinois Route 83, South Illinois Route 83, East-Ust Highway 45 and Town Line Road.

00:39

Timeout 1242.

00:45

2,100, go ahead.

00:54

You can hold up Battalion 21.

00:56

I am right here in front of near Chicago.

01:00

I'll take this in.

01:01

All right, 2100 is going to take near Chicago Avenue, near Chicago Avenue.

01:12

Battalion 21 you can disregard.

01:14

And 2100 from dispatch.

01:18

Go ahead.

01:22

Actually, I'm sorry, stand by one minute.

01:28

45 and North Illinois Route 83.

01:31

Munda Line.

01:32

Time out 1244.

01:36

Go ahead.

01:50

No issues.

01:52

We're just going to check it out.

01:54

Okay,

02:00

copy.

02:01

Link down for 24, engine 2.42 are here.

02:05

Okay. The false alarm.

02:13

Okay,

02:15

you can hold up the companies, I'll go in and take care of it.

02:20

22s, you can return.

02:25

The message received.

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Chicago Ave, Evanston, IL 60202

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