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Dust triggers false fire alarm at Evanston facilityEvanston IL

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Near Oakton St, Evanston, IL 60202

Fire crews responded to a fire alarm at an Ozinga facility near Oakton Street in Evanston. Investigation showed that dust from cleaning accidentally triggered the alarm. No fire was found.

Audio|Source: Evanston Fire
03:6
Transcript:
00:00
Oxton Command to incoming units.
00:03
Folks are representative from North Shore and they're near Oakton Street.
00:08
So we're going to take a walk to Ozinga here, see if it's their building.
00:14
Near Oakton.
00:21
Battalion 12th, I'm in command.
00:34
Spot 21, Evanston.
00:35
Squad 21, Evanston.
00:39
Squad.
00:43
1323 followers.
00:44
Ticket says it might be two ambulances.
00:46
Is there a second patient?
00:50
Yeah, we believe the officer said that we need one ambulance for the committal and another patient might have been struck and may need transport.
00:57
I thought maybe you could check them out first and then advise if we need a secondary.
01:04
Okay, we'll advise.
01:05
I figured.
01:12
BAS! BOR!
01:34
It's an Evanston service detail for engine 25 to near Wellington Court.
01:41
For the lift assist from the vehicle into the house, it's been Evanston service details for engine 25 to near Wellington Court.
01:54
For the lift assist into the house,
01:58
timeout 1853.
02:05
Flood 21 from Ameri 21.
02:09
Spot 21.
02:11
You have the stretcher with restraint brought to the front door.
02:20
Stretching with restraints.
02:26
Telly-21 from 24 operator.
02:53
Italian, dispatch.
02:56
Go ahead, Italian, 21.
02:57
It's going to be OZink.
03:01
They're cleaning, dust, cause the alarm to activate the engine 24 is going to get a little detail.
03:05
You return the tower.

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Near Oakton St, Evanston, IL 60202

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