House fire alarm with burning plastic odor reported

Heard on: Sauk County Fire and EMS Paging

01:33

This transcript is auto-generated from live dispatch audio and may be incomplete or inaccurate. It is not an official report and may change.

00:00

This is our town with the PH four.

00:01

For Ridgeway Fire, Ridgeway First, and Barneveld EMS, Ridgeway Fire, Ridgeway First, and Barnwell D3, you're being requested at (number withheld) Strutt Road for a fire alarm.

00:14

The caller can smell plastic burning, is unsure of where it's coming from.

00:18

It is in the upstairs only family, and the caller are all outside.

00:25

At this time, once again, this is a page for Ridgeway Fire, Ridgeway First.

00:30

Barneveld 83, please respond to (number withheld) Strutt Road for a fire alarm going off.

00:38

A smell of burning plastic.

00:40

Answer and acknowledge on Iowa Fire 1.

00:42

Iowa Com clear 848.

00:51

Ridgeway Fire 1 to Iowa Com, can you show me en route?

00:56

Copy, Ridgeway Fire 1.

01:03

83 to Iowa Com.

01:06

Go ahead, 83.

01:09

Am I waiting for crew?

01:13

Copy 83 at 850.

01:19

Ridgeway Engine 1, I will come.

01:21

We're in route, full crew.

01:24

Copy Ridgeway Fire 1, Engine 1.

01:32

Ridgeway 1st response, I will come.

2026-10-17 13:46 UTC

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Strutt Rd, Ridgeway, WI 53582

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Not official report. AI-generated from public dispatch audio. Always verify with official sources.

As discussed during the dispatch call, fire and EMS units were dispatched to a reported fire alarm at a one-family residence near Strutt Road in Ridgeway after a caller reported a smell of burning plastic coming from the upstairs area, with occupants already outside.

House fire alarm with burning plastic odor reported

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