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Building fire with smoke reported in DeKalbDekalb IL

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N 5th St, DeKalb, IL 60115

Smoke and black smoke were reported coming from the attic of a building near North 5th Street in DeKalb. Fire units responded to a working structure fire and requested mutual aid from nearby fire departments.

Audio|Source: Dekalb & Southern Kane County Public Safety.
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Transcript:
00:00
Truck 1, Battalion 1, Engine 2, Medicin 3, Medic 3, Medic 4, and Medic 5.
00:07
Respond to full still alarm fire response for reported smoke in a building.
00:11
At near North 5th Street, cross streets are 5th Avenue and Short Street.
00:16
Truck 1, Battalion 1, Engine 2,
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Engine 3, Medic 3, Medic 4, and Medic 5.
00:24
We found this still alarm fire.
00:30
...addition of health fire...
00:31
...en route to near North 5th Street...
00:35
...for possible smoke coming from the attic.
00:41
...the route received...
00:45
...you see that she's seeing that black smoke coming from the attic.
00:51
...you feel...
00:57
It looks for him.
00:58
It looks balloon frame.
01:00
Yeah, we got my head shock.
01:02
Come on.
01:07
Come in.
01:10
I'm going to be.
01:13
I just didn't hear earlier.
01:16
Did you say the residents might be vacant?
01:21
So if you're in front of the building, I want you to find a ladder to the roof.
01:24
There's some cops right in front of the house.
01:27
You're going to get up on the roof.
01:29
Three in the row.
01:55
POS.
02:07
No attention.
02:09
Sycamore Fire, Cortland Fire,
02:11
and G.K.
02:12
Rescue.
02:13
Sycamore Fire, Cortland Fire, and G.K.
02:15
Rescue. This is going to be requested for a mutual aid to DeKalb.
02:19
Near North Fifth Street for working structure fire.
02:26
Sycamore, you're due to the scene with an engine and a chief, Cortland, due to the scene with an ambulance.
02:33
D.K. Rescue, you are due change of quarters with an ambulance.
02:40
Your crosses are going to be Short Street and Fifth Avenue.
02:42
Your timeout is 1348 hours.
02:55
More units, your fire department is going to DeKalb for a fire.
03:00
This one guy, I'm going to see message receipts.

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N 5th St, DeKalb, IL 60115

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Incident Timeline

  1. Ongoing Operations
  2. Mutual Aid Requested
  3. Roof Access and Scene Coordination
  4. Building Assessment
  5. Situation Update
  6. Units Dispatched
  7. Initial Fire Alarm and Dispatch

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