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False fire alarm at McDonald's reported and cleared, East Chicago IN

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Indianapolis Blvd, East Chicago, IN 46312

As discussed during the dispatch call, a fire alarm was reported at McDonald's near Indianapolis Boulevard in East Chicago, Indiana. Emergency units responded but confirmed it was a false alarm and canceled the response.

Audio|Heard on: Lake County South Fire Dispatch
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02:21
Transcript:
00:00
Fire alarm.
00:02
Near Indianapolis Boulevard.
00:05
Rescue 2531.
00:08
Car 2509. Engine 2511.
00:11
Engine 2612.
00:13
Engine 2713.
00:15
Truck 2521.
00:17
Ambulance 2562.
00:20
Timeout, 1730 hours.
00:23
Fire alarm.
00:30
4713 interrupt.
00:34
Copy 2713, fire alarm at near Indianapolis Boulevard and McDonald's, Zone 1 fire alarm.
00:42
The 6-4 roll.
00:49
Copy 2612. 12.
00:51
Okay.
00:59
Twenty-five twenty-one is your route.
01:05
Copy.
01:06
Twenty-five zero is in red.
01:14
All units responding, I talked to a person at McDonald's, they said it's a false alarm.
01:30
2509 all when coming in is it has 27.13 some difference.
01:38
2713, we'll be investigating.
01:44
2531 in the square complaint.
01:49
Copy 2531. Copy 2531.
01:55
Central 61 13 is unseen nothing showing and beyond investigating.
02:00
61.3 a half commands.
02:03
Copy-in.
02:04
Copy-in.
02:08
2511 from 2511, did you cancel it?
02:14
Yeah, all units are canceled because of 27-13.
02:18
That's 4. 2511 in service.

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Indianapolis Blvd, East Chicago, IN 46312

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