False alarm at Howard Street building, Evanston IL
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Fire & ArsonAccording to the dispatch call, fire crews responded to an automatic alarm near Howard Street in Evanston. The alarm was triggered by a second-floor smoke detector, likely due to cooking smoke. Engine 24 and Tower 22 handled the call as a detail because of a recurring alarm system issue.
Audio|Heard on: Evanston Fire
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02:5
Transcript:
00:00
Evanston AFA, engine 24, truck 23, and no battalion.
00:05
For near Howard St, near Howard,
00:09
for the second floor smoke detector activation, phone in from the alarm company at Evanston, AFA.
00:14
For engine 24 and truck 23,
00:17
to near Howard St, near Howard.
00:20
For the phone in, automatic fire alarm covering the second floor smoke detector, timeout, (number withheld).
00:29
Dispatch engine 22 is off.
00:31
We got small courtyards, nothing showing.
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22 is on scene and command.
00:38
We are eastbound.
00:41
Agent 22, you're on the scene.
00:42
For now you're in.
00:43
Command your eastbound, nothing's showing.
00:50
Battalion 21 from Tower 22.
00:53
You may want to detail that alarm on Howard.
00:56
The crew was there twice overnight.
00:59
There's a problem with the alarm system.
01:05
Copy that.
01:08
Dispatch, you can detail the Howard call for engine 24.
01:15
Battalion 21, your message received.
01:17
Dispatch to Truck 23.
01:19
Truck 23 is in service.
01:27
And engine 24, you'll be handling it as a detail.
01:35
Dispatch from Battalion 21.
01:42
Go ahead, Battalion 21.
01:45
I don't know if you were able to hear Engine 22, there's fans, cooking smoke, they'll take it as a detail.
01:51
Have the tower and myself go to Howard.
01:56
Okay, I did not copy, but Engine 22 is going to handle it as a detail.
02:01
Italian,
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Tower 22, we're going to head over to near Howard St.
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Location mentioned:
W Howard St, Evanston, IL 60202
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