Automatic fire alarm at St. Francis hospital, Evanston IL
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Fire & ArsonAccording to the dispatch call, an automatic fire alarm was triggered at St. Francis hospital near Ridge Avenue. The alarm activated in the emergency room at Door 9, with strobe lights active but no evacuation ordered. Fire units are on scene investigating. The cause of the alarm is not yet known.
Audio|Heard on: Evanston Fire
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Transcript:
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AFA assignment, engine 22,
00:04
tower 22, battalion 21, 355 Ridge Ave.
00:08
St. Francis for the phoned in alarm.
00:11
AFA assignment, engine 22, tower 22, battalion 21, 355 bridge for the phoned in alarm.
00:17
Time out 1521.
00:24
Battalion 21 from dispatch.
00:29
Go ahead. The hospital advised was activated by the ER, Door 9,
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G10.
00:44
They don't know what activated it, though.
00:50
Okay, have a couple.
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Please continue in.
01:07
There's Detail Squad 21,
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450 Davis,
01:14
Naderst, South.
01:16
Unit 957 for the lifetises.
01:23
Service detail, squad 21,
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450,
01:27
Davis, Mather South,
01:29
Unit 957 for the lifetuses.
01:32
I'm out 1524.
01:36
Dispatch ambulance 23 is en route to post 10.
01:47
Engine 22 is off command, large hospital.
01:53
We have strobe activation, no evacuation.
01:57
We'll be out investigating.
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Location mentioned:
Ridge Ave, Evanston, IL 60202
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