Fire alarm glitch at Athens Elementary School

Heard on: Marathon County Fire Departments

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This transcript is auto-generated from live dispatch audio and may be incomplete or inaccurate. It is not an official report and may change.

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Alerting Athens Fire, Athens Fire, respond to the elementary school at (number withheld) Schlegel Street.

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(number withheld) Schlegel Street in the village of Athens.

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Cross streets are Elm Street and Maple.

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For a commercial fire alarm called in by the alarm company, just showing a general fire alarm.

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Alerting Athens, time page 556.

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Alerting Athens Fire, Athens Fire, respond to the Athens Elementary School, (number withheld) Schlegel.

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(number withheld) Schlegel Street in the village of Athens, across from Maple and Elm.

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To me for a commercial fire alarm that was called in by the alarm company showing a general fire alarm.

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Alerting Athens, page 557.

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Athens Fire, you can cancel the alarm at (number withheld) Schlegel Street at the elementary school.

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Athens, cancel on the fire alarm.

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They were advising there was a glitch in the system and they gave proper code to cancel.

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Kind of cancellation page 559.

9/6/2026 03:55 AM

Fire

Schlegel St, Athens, WI 54411

Not official report. AI-generated from public dispatch audio. Always verify with official sources.

As discussed during the dispatch call, fire crews were dispatched to a commercial fire alarm at an elementary school on Schlegel Street in Athens. The alarm was later canceled after it was reported to be a possible system glitch.