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False fire alarm at high school due to faulty smoke detectorNorridge IL

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W Montrose Ave, Norridge, IL 60706

According to the dispatch call, fire departments responded to a fire alarm at Ridgewood High School near West Montrose Avenue. The alarm was found to be false and caused by a faulty smoke detector.

Audio|Heard on: Chicago Suburban Fire Departments, MABAS and IFERN
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04:11
Transcript:
00:00
Engine 35, mutual aid for a fire alarm.
00:03
Ridgewood High School, near West Montrose Avenue, Indoor Ridge, mutual aid for a fire alarm, Engine 35.
00:24
We also have a bad smoke detector here, so we're going to be putting this into four fire.
00:38
Grid 63802-130, Packer Street.
00:42
Change of quarters assignment, Elkgrove Village Engine 8.
00:52
The site, you know, public storage, E320 Cicero, States for Police.
00:58
New Orleans,
00:59
210, E320-Cicero at public storage.
01:02
From e-mails to a title by the front door stage for police.
01:12
...into Norwood Park.
01:14
Engine 35, stay home.
01:19
200 West Golf Road at 200 West Golf Road grid 46 BCOM and indoor gas leak engine 462 and battalion 46
01:53
PICT from climbing to near West Montrose.
01:59
Rose Monument, we're out.
02:12
Interior for command.
02:17
Of a two-story high school, nothing's showing.
02:20
I just switch over to fire phone right upon arrival.
02:27
Interior, do you require any more resources in Interior?
02:35
Here in Rochester, police with a deer's second offense in the front yard.
02:45
No reason for 52 there.
02:48
462 by 162.
02:53
Very good. Ambulance 11 and Tower 36, you guys can return.
02:57
Thank you.
03:06
Okay.
03:14
All right.
03:18
Okay,
03:20
sir. Okay.
03:25
Corders.
03:28
Okay. Okay.
03:29
Okay. Okay.
03:31
Okay.
03:36
The 133037, ambulance 1-31, fall at (number withheld) north on highway 45, third-lane.
03:48
We'll have been two cars, minor damage, we're picking everyone's out.
03:51
We'll be on.
04:05
All incoming automatic agent is to near Montrose.
04:09
Cunnell return with our thanks.
04:11
This alarm is false.

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Location mentioned:
W Montrose Ave, Norridge, IL 60706

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