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Pekin, IL

Fire alarm sounds at school, power line issues reported 

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Washington School, Pekin, IL 61554
There was a fire alarm at a school due to problems with a generator. Reports indicate issues in the boiler room and a potential transformer overload outside. A power line has also fallen and is causing sparks near a tree. No actual fire has been confirmed yet.
Audio|Source: Pekin Area Fire Departments
03:7

Transcript:
...engine three. (Name withheld) School is running off of a generator and I do have a fire alarm active inside the building of the checkout. WG1MU on me page out from my personal. Negative. Negative. Thank you. dispatch, EMS2 on Broadway. InS2 on Broadway. Engine 3. Engine 3, 5. Engine 3, 5. Engine 3, Scott. He'll be there in five minutes and a great hounder pilot. All right, it's at 16. 10-4[1]. We have the alarm. If he calls back in the boiler room, we're going to check that out. Have an alarm in the boiler room. Ladder from engine three. Go ahead. Has AMT logged on TV for the call? Can you guys head to the park? Outside the border loom is where I heard that transformer that kind of hidden is overloading. Well, I will copy. That's in the park. Same by, let me check. The rescue one, they've already started transforming the patient. Robbie, a rescue one clear, turning. Clear. Dispatch, EMS2 is clear, Broadway. Hey, Mr. Smith. Engine 3, can we have a PAR. Engine 3, Engineer, Slack. Engine 3, Firefighter, status? Yeah. Volume is catalogu. From Engine 3. Just had an event, power line broke, arched across, tree limit still hanging from the power line. Transformer at the grade school, quit overloading, still waiting for school personnel. Cut that. Flash fire three will be clear Broadway. I am en route to Hillier.

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10-4: Acknowledgement

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Washington School, Pekin, IL 61554
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