False alarm at Howard Street building, Evanston IL
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Fire & ArsonAs discussed during the dispatch call, fire crews responded to an automatic alarm near Howard Street in Evanston. The alarm was triggered by a second-floor smoke detector, likely due to cooking smoke. Engine 24 and Tower 22 handled the call as a detail because of a recurring alarm system issue.
Audio|Heard on: Evanston Fire
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02:5
Transcript:
00:00
Evanston AFA, engine 24, truck 23, and no battalion.
00:05
For near Howard St, near Howard,
00:09
for the second floor smoke detector activation, phone in from the alarm company at Evanston, AFA.
00:14
For engine 24 and truck 23,
00:17
to near Howard St, near Howard.
00:20
For the phone in, automatic fire alarm covering the second floor smoke detector, timeout, (number withheld).
00:29
Dispatch engine 22 is off.
00:31
We got small courtyards, nothing showing.
00:36
22 is on scene and command.
00:38
We are eastbound.
00:41
Agent 22, you're on the scene.
00:42
For now you're in.
00:43
Command your eastbound, nothing's showing.
00:50
Battalion 21 from Tower 22.
00:53
You may want to detail that alarm on Howard.
00:56
The crew was there twice overnight.
00:59
There's a problem with the alarm system.
01:05
Copy that.
01:08
Dispatch, you can detail the Howard call for engine 24.
01:15
Battalion 21, your message received.
01:17
Dispatch to Truck 23.
01:19
Truck 23 is in service.
01:27
And engine 24, you'll be handling it as a detail.
01:35
Dispatch from Battalion 21.
01:42
Go ahead, Battalion 21.
01:45
I don't know if you were able to hear Engine 22, there's fans, cooking smoke, they'll take it as a detail.
01:51
Have the tower and myself go to Howard.
01:56
Okay, I did not copy, but Engine 22 is going to handle it as a detail.
02:01
Italian,
02:02
Tower 22, we're going to head over to near Howard St.
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This transcript is automatically generated by AI from live dispatch audio. Dispatch communications may include background noise, overlapping speakers, or rapidly evolving situations, and automated transcription may not capture all details or context.
Location mentioned:
W Howard St, Evanston, IL 60202
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