Fire alarm triggers at Chicago bookshop, false alarm reported, Chicago IL
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Fire & ArsonAccording to the dispatch call, a commercial fire alarm went off at a bookshop near North Kedzie Avenue in Chicago. The front motion sensor triggered the alarm. Later, the caller canceled the alarm with a passcode and reported smelling smoke but confirmed it was a false alarm.
Audio|Heard on: Chicago Police Department Zone 01
Listen to dispatch call
02:56
Transcript:
00:00
Commercial alarm, near North Kedzie at the Restore Bookshop.
00:06
Front motion.
00:12
706,
00:15
David. 706, David.
00:22
But we can write on that alarm as well.
00:27
Acknowledgment; message received or affirmative (OK).
00:33
1621.
00:36
1621. All right, we have the available to do that they can say to come over here and sit on the scene until that ET comes, so we can go into the paper.
00:45
Go on the station and finish his paper.
00:57
Two-four.
00:59
16-11. One-one.
01:07
Can I have you head over to 4801, North Central and wait on the ETY-16-21 going to the station?
01:17
Type 4.
01:23
Unison 16, we have pending in a backlog of domestic disturbance, 4841 West Roscoe, in the basement, burglary alarm 5450 was Henderson, commercial alarm 6416 with Belmont, disturbance,
01:35
5568 North Leonard, Auto PD, 3917, North Harlem, all pending in the backlog.
01:42
1631.
01:46
1631.
01:49
1631.
01:51
You can make a hard job at 19 pawn.
01:53
Can you drop that domestic on the box?
01:55
Thank you. So forth.
02:03
Do we have a wagon in 16?
02:07
Second.
02:21
Watch your keys.
02:22
Watch your keys. You have an open key.
02:29
1772.
02:33
Hello, that you know.
02:35
Had a call coming in for your commercial alarm.
02:38
The caller is calling to cancel.
02:39
They give in the passcode.
02:42
Sergeant is 17.
02:46
20.
02:49
A fire popped up on the board and the caller called to cancel stated that it was a false alarm when he was smelling a smoke.
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Location mentioned:
N Kedzie Ave, Chicago, IL 60625
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