Smoke from removed battery triggers fire alarm at apartment, Niles IL
Fire & ArsonFire crews responded to a fire alarm at Greens of Bunker Hill apartments near North Milwaukee Avenue in Niles. The alarm was caused by a resident removing a smoke detector battery, which started to smoke. There was no active fire found.
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Transcript:
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Engine 3. Supervisory alarm[1].
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Greens of Bunker Hill, near North Milwaukee Avenue, in Niles.
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Grid 362, near North Milwaukee Avenue.
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Supervisory alarm[1].
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Engine 3.
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A fire alarm. I'm going to try to call us in the private.
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Okay. What did they say?
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Tower 2 and Battalion 2. Fire alarm[2]. Greens of Bunker Hill, near North Milwaukee Avenue, Unit 502, in the Isles. Grid 362, near North Milwaukee Avenue, Unit 502, Fire Alarm, Tower 2, and Battalion 2.
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And engine 3, we got to actually call from the premise.
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Resident 502 was removing the battery from the alarm, and the battery started to smoke and shut the alarms off.
Police codes explained
The following codes appeared in the transcript and are explained below:
[1]
Supervisory alarm: Fire alarm supervisory condition (e.g., system trouble/tamper/sprinkler supervisory signal; not an active fire alarm)
[2]
Fire alarm: Automatic fire alarm activation call
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Location mentioned:
Near N Milwaukee Ave, Niles, IL 60714
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