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Fire alarm triggered at First Presbyterian ChurchElkhart IN

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Near E Beardsley Ave, Elkhart, IN 46514

A fire alarm sounded at the First Presbyterian Church on East 3rd Street in Elkhart. Firefighters arrived to find a large church with no signs of fire. It was reported that painters working at the church accidentally triggered the alarm.

Audio|Source: Elkhart, Goshen & Elkhart County Police, Fire & EMS
01:49
Transcript:
00:00
Fire alarm, 2.0.East 3rdsley Avenue, 1st Presbyterian, respond on tap 2.
00:07
Battalion 105, Squad 1, and Truck 18.
00:11
Fire alarm, 2.0 East Spiritfully Avenue.
00:15
First Presbyterian, respond on tap 2.
00:20
16-0-2. You can go ahead and signal 9, your PD officer, and can I get a fire ground, please?
00:28
Fireground 1[1].
00:29
All 16, how are you going to fire ground 1?
00:33
It's batch 3 in them, 351. Fire Surveising, you can just heard.
00:38
I'm dutching, returning.
00:40
Nice flag wall.
00:46
1418.10.
00:52
104. 5-1-dispassion, 1041.
00:58
Hi everyone. Hi, everyone.
01:05
Counter dispatch, new pairs, 1642 is en route.
01:08
104.
01:14
But I don't want a 5-0 card on tag, too.
01:20
All right, one's on scene.
01:22
Large church, nothing showing.
01:25
Since I've got a couple cars in the parking lot,
01:28
we'll take command on this one so far.
01:31
Time for, we just got our call.
01:33
Yes, and go ahead, Elkhart.
01:36
We just got a call from the alarm company. They advised they have (name withheld) on scene advising painters set off the alarm.
01:44
Clear, (name withheld).
01:47
Elkhart, trucking team on scene.
01:49
Trucking.
Police codes explained
The following codes appeared in the transcript and are explained below:
[1]
Fireground 1: Primary tactical fireground radio channel 1

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Near E Beardsley Ave, Elkhart, IN 46514
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