False emergency alarm triggered at Plainfield fire station, Plainfield IL
Fire & ArsonAn emergency alarm was activated at Plainfield Station 4. It was later found that a visitor to the station mistakenly pressed the emergency button, thinking it was a doorbell, and left before the staff returned.
Audio|Source: WESCOM Fire - North
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Transcript:
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Plainfield Station 4 from Westcom are you on the air?
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Go ahead for 1944.
00:10
We just got an emergency but an alarm from your station there on Frederick. Are you guys okay?
00:21
Nobody's at the station right now.
00:24
Well, an emergency but an alarm came in from the fire station on the Taltron.
00:28
I'm not sure if somebody wants to swing back through there. I did just restore.
00:34
All right, message received. We'll be back there in about 10 minutes. We'll check it out.
00:39
All right, thank you.
00:44
Well, it's gone from 1914.
00:47
Go ahead.
00:50
We're just passing Renwick and 59. We'll stop through and check it out.
00:54
All right, thank you.
01:01
WESCOM 1914, no issues.
01:04
Thanks for checking.
01:06
1941 for Muskin.
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Or 44.
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The work for 41.
01:15
1914 was kind enough to swing by your station. I said everything looks fine. But in regards to that an emergency button, apparently you have a ride-along that's at the building.
01:23
She thought it was a doorbell and she accidentally activated it and then ran away to the Starbucks away for you to return.
01:34
Okay, thank you. We'll be heading that way shortly.
01:37
She said she'll keep an eye out for you. If you get back and she doesn't show up in the next few minutes, let us know we have her phone number.
01:46
Okay.
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Plainfield, IL
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