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False fire alarm at Gurnee community churchGurnee IL

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Old Grand Ave, Gurnee, IL 60031

According to the dispatch call, fire units responded to a fire alarm at Gurnee Community Church near Old Grand Avenue. Upon arrival, no fire or smoke was found and the alarm was determined to be false.

Audio|Heard on: Lake County Quad 1 Fire Departments
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02:45
Transcript:
00:00
District 131136, Engine 133, Ambulance 131, 131, Engine 131, Battalion 131, and Engine 132, Fire Alarm, near Old Grand Avenue, Gurnee Community Church, Gurnee,
00:17
New North Offlane Road and Emerald Avenue, time out 1406.
00:31
Lake Town, Battalion 13 is en route from Station 2.
00:36
Battalion 13 in row.
00:37
Battalion 13 in row.
00:46
Lake Tom, engine 132 is going to be around from Washington and O'Plaine.
00:50
We'll go through.
00:55
Agent 132 a row.
00:58
Lake,
01:00
um,
01:01
engine 133-3-r3, Ralph.
01:04
Lake, um, Engine 133, Ralph.
01:12
Agent 133 in row.
01:21
Battalion 13th from engine 131.
01:27
Go ahead.
01:31
Harder response is going to be slightly delayed.
01:34
We're at the Chinese site.
01:41
10-4[1], we'll advise if we need you, if you can just finish your train.
01:52
Lightcom, copy.
02:08
Okay, sound, everything's okay.
02:12
That's right.
02:17
Lake Town, Battalion 13 is on location, there's nothing showing near at the church.
02:22
All units go to write a power-ed.
02:26
Designate 13 here on the scene, nothing's showing and taking command unit's put the wayfire ground.
02:39
Welcome from Battalion 13.
02:41
This is a false alarm.
02:42
If you could continue, engine 132, everyone else can return.
Police codes explained
The following codes appeared in the transcript and are explained below:
[1]
10-4: Acknowledgement / Affirmative

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Location mentioned:
Old Grand Ave, Gurnee, IL 60031

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