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Fire alarm at building with out of service sprinklers in springfieldSpringfield IL

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S 2nd St, Springfield, IL 62701

According to the dispatch call, an automatic fire alarm was triggered at a building near South 2nd Street with cross streets East Edwards and East Jackson in Springfield. The building's standpipe and sprinkler systems are out of service, so crews were advised to bring water cans to the 10th floor.

Audio|Heard on: Sangamon County Public Safety
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Transcript:
00:00
Engine 1, Truck 1, and Battalion 1, respond to automatic fire alarm at near South 2nd Street.
00:10
Cross streets are East Edwards Street and East Jackson Street.
00:25
(number withheld)
00:34
you show me 23 at the alarm
00:38
104 will be the restaurant there on the north side
00:50
665, Springfield, 1050 PD.
00:57
Go ahead.
01:00
665, 1050 PD, I-72 East on Malthus 94, I-72 Easton-Malthus 94.
01:06
Red four-door occupant of the vehicle with their head down, unknown injuries.
01:13
This information is in the ditch facing the opposite direction.
01:21
10-4. You're out in the lodge.
01:25
6.55-24.
01:27
670, you can show me around.
01:29
Good one.
01:31
70, 104.
01:33
If I remember correctly,
01:35
the standpipe and sprinkler system are both out of service in this building, so let's take a couple water cans at the 10th floor.

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Location mentioned:
S 2nd St, Springfield, IL 62701

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Incident Timeline

  1. Alarm Reset and Incident Cleared
  2. Investigation on 10th Floor
  3. Caller Information and Knox Box Access
  4. Investigation Continues
  5. Units Arrive and Command Established
  6. Initial Assessment
  7. Building Conditions and Entry
  8. Fire Alarm Dispatched

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