False fire alarms triggered by smoke or detector issues, Chicago IL
Fire & ArsonFire units responded to several automatic fire alarms at locations near Sheffield and near North Jefferson in Chicago. Investigations found these alarms were false, likely triggered by smoke from someone smoking or by malfunctioning smoke detectors. No actual fire was found at the scenes.
Audio|Source: Chicago Fire - Digital
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Transcript:
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Engine 78 to near Sheffield, checking out the automatic alarm northbound.
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78.
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274. 274.
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274. 274 CTA is still in the process of getting us a CTT, a warming bus, but no ET yet.
00:26
All right, and we're moving companies to clear space.
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Yeah,
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my should say, too, so.
00:45
You can hold up the truck.
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We're trying to reset here.
00:48
It looks like an individual alarm went off.
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All right, 178, you're in English.
00:53
We'll switch over to Maine 78.
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You can hold up the truck responding on Jefferson here.
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We're resetting a single alarm.
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Truck 22 truck.
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Engine 5 and the truck are on the scene.
01:15
near North Jefferson.
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Multi-story high-rise.
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Nothing showing.
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We're northbound.
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Agent 5 in the truck must receive.
01:27
Head to near Clybourn for the automatic alarm.
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We're northbound.
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Vision 22, left.
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22 to me, you could hold up our tower ladder.
01:43
There's nothing here on the panel.
01:45
There is an alarm across a street near 1841 that we brought you earlier today.
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Your message received.
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Hour 10, power 10, you're being held, return.
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Power to 10.
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Take a release the elevator now.
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near North Dearborn, release the elevator.
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near North Dearborn, elevator.
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Elevator.
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Community, appears there was an individual smoke detector that may have been set off by someone smoking in the stairwell.
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We reached that, we're returning.
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Location mentioned:
N Jefferson St, Chicago, IL 60661
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