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False fire alarm at residential building near Gold Oak AvenueMattoon IL

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Oak Ave, Mattoon, IL 61938

A fire alarm activated near Gold Oak Avenue at a residential building. Multiple fire units responded but found no fire. The alarm was determined to be a false alarm caused by cooking.

Audio|Source: Coles County Police, Fire, EMS and EMA
03:49
Transcript:
00:00
That's a fire-activated fire alarm.
00:02
That's in common, near Gold Oak Avenue.
00:07
One of activation is Zone 35,
00:10
Building B,
00:11
unit 12. A built to unit 1-2.
00:14
Time page, that to inform.
00:18
As far as the call, 23, 21,
00:23
29,
00:25
and 28 will respond.
00:28
The CCCOM engine 23.
00:35
23-7.
00:41
Show 23, 21 en route.
00:43
2.321, responding 9.206.
00:54
Seek Officer Rescue 29 in route.
00:59
927.
01:03
28, same trap.
01:07
927.
01:09
927.
01:14
17.
01:19
15.
01:23
Tricure, 1 5, right?
01:25
15 is 107 private line to matching rehab.
01:36
15.15 in route 928.
01:38
Well, up, gotcha.
01:39
What other rank is available for you guys today?
01:46
All right, then, one, two.
01:50
Thank you, thank you.
01:55
15 is on the scene.
02:02
23 is on scene.
02:04
23 is on scene, call it 75 by 150, single-story wood frame, multi-family,
02:15
nothing showing from the exterior, no evacuation of progress, no alarms are active house to investigate.
02:26
Ten for nine thirty-two.
02:34
See down from twenty-one.
02:36
Please take one. Please take one in twenty-nine, right?
02:45
I believe this is going to be due to cooking.
02:53
Did maintenance already reset the alarm? How did that happen?
02:58
I have no idea how it got reset.
03:02
It looks like this hit might still be active, so if you could check the panel for me.
03:08
Good for.
03:14
SCCOM 28 something.
03:18
That's a return.
03:25
Do it.
03:29
38, can we clear scene that out therebush?
03:36
24, 934.
03:42
Whatever units not going to the alarm panel can return.
03:47
Those will be a false alarm.

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Oak Ave, Mattoon, IL 61938

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