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False alarm triggers Oakland residential fire scare, Oakland IL

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audio iconFire & Arson
Oakland, IL 61943

Concern sparked by a residential fire alarm in Oakland, which turned out to be a faulty detector, allowing all fire units to clear safely.

Audio|Heard on: Coles County Police, Fire, EMS and EMA
Listen to dispatch call
03:10
Transcript:
00:00
Oakland Fire, Residential fire alarm.
00:03
Near North Real Street, Oakland.
00:07
Caller advised they just moved in.
00:08
It has been going off for about 30 minutes now.
00:10
Time page 2146.
00:24
Oakland Fire.
00:26
Presidential Fire alarm, near North Real Street, Oakland.
00:31
They just moved in there.
00:33
It's been going off for about 30 minutes.
00:35
No, time page 2146.
00:49
C1 3x819.
00:53
Hi, you got.
00:55
See, I'm 3XRA 819.
00:58
Be in service available.
01:01
I want for it.
01:13
Rushmore fire, residential fire alarm, near North Real, Oakland.
01:20
Time of page 2149.
01:34
BAS-4-5-9-1-0-1-0-1-3-8-0-0-0-1-0-1-0-1-1-3-0-0-201-8-0-201-2 201-8.
01:55
I'm from 801.
01:56
You can show me right in the scene.
02:01
Toil and fix it.
02:02
Toil and fix it.
02:09
You can get a national worker.
02:20
Data, when I heard disregard ask more than that, you are not readable.
02:30
You can probably disregard our units as well.
02:33
I'm pretty sure this is probably a faulty device.
02:40
No one.
02:59
Ashmore Fire, you can disregard the last tone to near North Rio in Oakland.
03:04
Disregard last tone per 801 at near North Rio.
03:08
The device defaulted device.
03:09
You don't clear 21503.

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Oakland, IL 61943

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