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False fire alarm at residential building in ChicagoChicago IL

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Near N Dearborn St, Chicago, IL 60610

An automatic fire alarm was triggered at a residential building near North Dearborn Street in Chicago. Fire crews investigated reports of possible smoke and workers on the third floor. No active fire was found and the alarm was reset.

Audio|Source: Chicago Fire - Digital
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Transcript:
00:00
Engine 4. Engine 4.
00:05
Engine 4, automatic arm, near North Dearborn.
00:15
Near North Deerborn, automatic line.
00:21
73-73.
00:23
73 now for difficulty breathing, 113 now for difficulty breathing (number withheld).
00:35
(number withheld) for engine 73.
00:42
Up 50 is okay and we'll hold the field chief.
00:50
We have a nine-story residential high-rise, approximately 100 by 150.
00:55
Detector on the third floor, we're getting a report that there's workers up there. We're going to go out.
00:59
Truck 3 is at near North Zero alarm for the automatic alarm[1]. We have a 12-story fire resistance, not the showing or facing parts investigating the issue.
01:17
That's correct, well.
01:20
All right, we'll start on the teeth.
01:26
They hold everybody off loud. The system has been reset.
01:31
All right, very good. Digit 4 return engine 4.
Police codes explained
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[1]
automatic alarm: Fire alarm received from an automatic alarm system, often without confirmed fire

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Near N Dearborn St, Chicago, IL 60610

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