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False fire alarm at Rutledge Hall School, Lincolnwood IL

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E Prairie Rd, Lincolnwood, IL 60712

Fire units responded to a fire alarm at Rutledge Hall School, a three-story educational building. The school was evacuated, but no fire or active detectors were found, indicating a likely false alarm.

Audio|Heard on: Chicago Suburban Fire Departments, MABAS and IFERN
Listen to dispatch call
03:48
Transcript:
00:00
Battalion 15, Ambulance 45, and Engine 15.
00:05
Respond to fire alarm.
00:07
Rutledge Hall School near East Prairie Road.
00:17
Please, thank you.
00:23
Team designate, sir, and turning.
00:27
Clear me, up the receipt.
00:36
If you didn't have a 15th, then we're out as well.
00:48
Okay, thank you. Thank you.
00:54
Turning message issue.
01:04
POMAYOR.
01:28
(number withheld).
01:36
230 to pass-in-off.
01:43
2303 to pass-on-thro3 to pass-on-thro (number withheld).
01:51
Okay from the county 15.
01:58
And then, see we've got a three-story educational facility with evacuation and us to show and battalion ejection command.
02:07
Company will be working on fire underground.
02:21
5. At Green Bay Road.
02:25
At Green Bay Road.
02:28
Grid 3305, AFOL, Ambulance 34, and Tower Ladder, 33.
02:45
17th Street at Nanner 10.
02:47
No calling.
02:48
Lansing and yours.
03:00
Good.
03:16
32.
03:20
You can a lot about the ambulance 34.
03:22
I don't take that.
03:26
Message received, AMMA 3040 for return.
03:29
Amyman 3040 to return.
03:30
No. No. All the detector is activated or we can say,
03:39
DC detector activated in there.
03:45
We don't see any detectors lit up in there though.

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Location mentioned:
E Prairie Rd, Lincolnwood, IL 60712

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