Fire with heavy smoke at Old Redmond School in Paris, Paris IL


Firefighters and police respond to a fire with heavy smoke on the second floor at the Old Redmond School near North Main and Blackburn streets in Paris. Access is blocked by a padlock that needs to be cut.
Audio|Source: Edgar County Fire & EMS
02:26
Transcript:
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Paris Fire Horizon EMS.
00:02
Paris Fire Horizon EMS respond to North Main and Blackburn.
00:07
North Main and Blackburn as a report of the Old Redmond School being on fire.
00:13
Caller advised it's the side that's facing Blackburn up higher in the building.
00:19
Agar County Clear, 316.
00:20
Air County, Medics 3 and Medic 11 are up.
00:23
Medics 3 and 11 are upore and roll.
00:25
Hey, the guy, Paris Pire.
00:27
One, you're up. What you mean in Vance School?
00:29
That's affirmative.
00:30
Vance School, North Main and Blackburn.
00:32
Paris Fire, Paris PD is on scene advising there's heavy smoke coming out of the windows.
00:37
They can see the structure fire in through the windows inside.
00:41
Hager County, Paris Fire, can you please do an all-call[1]ed Paris Fire Department?
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Paris Fire.
00:46
Paris Fire support, all-call[1] Paris Fire.
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This is an all-call[1] page for Paris Fire.
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All-call page for Paris Fire.
00:52
Agra County, Clear at 320.
00:53
Paris Fire.
00:54
Parish PD is advising to come in on Blackburns and get access and the padlock will need to be cut.
01:01
Hager 801-4-0.
01:02
801 some 4-0.
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Hager County, engine one's on scene, heavy smoke coming from the second floor of the east side of the building.
Police codes explained
The following codes appeared in the transcript and are explained below:
[1]
all-call: Request for all fire personnel to respond
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Location mentioned:
E Blackburn St & N Main St, Paris, IL 61944
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