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Minor fire at Salvation Army caused by homeless individualsIowa City IA

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Near S Gilbert Ct, Iowa City, IA 52240

A small fire was reported at the Salvation Army near Gilbert Court. People behind the building were trying to put out the fire. Firefighters and police responded. The fire was minor and started by homeless individuals burning some items. No significant fire or injuries occurred.

Audio|Source: Johnson County Fire/EMS
03:2
Transcript:
00:00
Adam 27 for the building fire.
00:04
Cabby, it's gonna be event six and tack one.
00:13
J-com engine one.
00:15
27-16.
00:17
Good.
00:18
Do you have a structure fire?
00:23
10-4[1]. I'm going to manually page it. Our page isn't working. It's going to be. I'm at 6-track 1.
00:29
Copy.
00:31
Signor is funny.
00:33
Copy.
00:34
Page 4 is around.
00:36
10-4[1].
00:45
Jacob, on the Station 2. Can you page that out, Station 2?
00:50
Yeah, I'm working on it.
00:52
Sure balls I'll take.
00:55
Long drop. Tap.
01:01
We did this in route 2, Salvation Army near Gilbert Court. We had a report of a caller that said there was a fire on the building and there was subjects behind it that were trying to put it out and they weren't really sure what was going on in the caller left.
01:15
J-Con Battalion copies traffic. Can you have law enforcement respond to us, that place?
01:20
10-4[1]. We have PD in round.
01:25
Did you receive your page at all?
01:33
No, we did not.
01:35
That's work.
01:46
Ohio City Fire, page for a building fire, near Hill Record, Salvation Army, Cross Streets, Kirkwood-Aggen Highland Court for a report of a fire on a building.
02:05
Timeout 2026.
02:07
Check off the Italian on scene.
02:09
Copy on scene.
02:11
Two is on top.
02:13
Copy.
02:15
J-com telephone approaching.
02:16
I capture time.
02:18
One's on seat.
02:22
Battalion from Engine 3.
02:24
Mission 3, go ahead.
02:30
It's just some homeless people bringing stuff to keep bugs down, quote, unquote.
02:37
Italian copies.
02:38
Zoom in Engine 3 cannibal.
02:45
Battalion from 3.
02:47
Page 3, go ahead.
02:54
It looks like they were just trying to do some paper and a little shelf.
02:59
Looks like we'll be good. No fire. Everyone's out.
Police codes explained
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[1]
10-4: Acknowledgment (Message received / OK)

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Near S Gilbert Ct, Iowa City, IA 52240

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