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Fire drill at rossen school triggers alarmSouth Milwaukee WI

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audio iconFire & Arson
Rawson Ave, South Milwaukee, WI 53172

As discussed during the dispatch call, a fire alarm at Rawson School was activated but it was a scheduled fire drill. Emergency units responded but cleared the scene after confirming it was a drill.

Audio|Heard on: Milwaukee County Public Safety - South Suburbs
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03:57
Transcript:
00:00
Car 300, Engine 28, Matt A,
00:02
responding 227, North 38th Street, (number withheld).
00:20
Engine,
00:22
163, car 16,
00:24
fire alarm activation, near Rawson Avenue, Rawson School.
00:40
Vindon 18, the whole unseen prior to arrival and they return us.
00:46
Message received in June 18.
01:14
10-4. Time forward.
01:19
Go ahead.
01:27
At near Rawson Avenue for a commercial fire alarm zone one.
01:33
Copy that. We are currently doing a fire drill at that address.
01:40
I just want to take three to cancel us.
01:47
That's what you do.
01:56
which is otherwise is a fire line.
02:05
Sorry,
02:08
I meant to say fire drill.
02:14
40 copies.
02:15
16, 18, are you out there?
02:20
Negative, I can have over though.
02:22
Anything that's...
02:25
Anything glad?
02:27
From my traffic staff, I will be mailed a ticket.
02:31
Summer.
02:37
Yeah,
02:38
I think it's just past 915 you were assigned to that.
02:52
Dispatch, man 183, clear returning.
02:58
Message received.
03:03
Control, nothing short.
03:12
Message received, Broadway command,
03:15
investigating the high-rise commercial, nothing showing.
03:24
If we are not following MET 6 to freighters, MET 6 is going to be transporting.
03:29
Message received 125.
03:33
Message Receive 13.
03:39
Message Receive is 13.
03:48
1040-10. 1040, yes.
03:50
Okay.
03:52
You can clear me from that fire drill at Ross and 1618 is going to handle that.

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Rawson Ave, South Milwaukee, WI 53172

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