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False fire alarm at Wendy's restaurant in Glen EllynGlen Ellyn IL

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Roosevelt Rd, Glen Ellyn, IL 60137

Fire units responded to a fire alarm at a Wendy's restaurant in Glen Ellyn. Investigation found no signs of fire. The alarm was likely triggered falsely by an outside company.

Audio|Heard on: Southeast DuPage County Police and Fire
Listen to dispatch call
02:44
Transcript:
00:00
FB alarm[1], commercial, District 623- near Roosevelt Road, Glen Ellyn, Battalion 61, Engine 62, Tower 62, Wendy's.
00:24
Oh, the FDA was able to get out of the way.
00:26
Strength is all we need at this point.
00:29
I'm not quite sure if we need that one lane going eastbound or westbound or not, but everything else should be good.
00:39
So, yeah, we don't sleep so that I'll open up all the way.
00:43
Copy that, thanks.
00:47
991 from One wrong code at that happens.
00:52
Let's just send 61, okay.
00:58
Okay.
00:59
Okay.
01:01
Okay. Medi-1-03.
01:02
Yeah,
01:04
you're right. You can have it. Medic 102, hold up.
01:05
One-on-two hold.
01:09
That's correct.
01:16
816 40 South Ardmore Avenue Villa Park, Medicaid 1 PD, Cross Street of West Home Avenue and West Kenilworth Avenue.
01:26
Do you come, Medicaid 1 row.
01:38
An end problem person down.
01:40
District 851, 909 Cleveland Road, Hinsdale.
01:44
Engine 84, Metac 84, Cross Street of Woodland Avenue and Dead End.
01:48
All right, Engine 44, Medic 45.
01:52
You guys are going to apartment 2B Bravo for a two-year-old male, awake and breathing.
01:58
They said he's gasping for air.
02:00
We can't hear him crying in the bathroom.
02:07
System 61 over to the Wendy's for an activated fire alarm coverage general called them by an outside company.
02:22
581. You guys are going over to the PD.
02:24
They've got a subject in custody.
02:26
They're asking for medics for a psych email.
02:33
I'm seeing at a single-story small restaurant got nothing showing.
02:37
All right, Assistant 61, you're on the scene with nothing showing up, investigating.
Police codes explained
The following codes appeared in the transcript and are explained below:
[1]
FB alarm: Residential fire box alarm

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Location mentioned:
Roosevelt Rd, Glen Ellyn, IL 60137

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