Fire Alarm

Timeline

1. 3:12pm
   Fire alarm at 500 block of College Avenue Northeast, Highlands Apartments; Battalion 6, Engine 5, Rescue 2 and Truck 3 dispatched (District 5)
2. 3:13pm
   Unit at Kendall Station asks dispatch to send the unit in 5 instead of the one in 6
3. 3:16pm
   Engine 5 on scene at a four-story non-combustible apartment building; no signs of fire from the front or left side, Engine 5 establishing command and investigating
4. 3:16pm
   Rescue 1 on scene; crews have a hydrant
5. 3:17pm
   Battalion 5 dispatched to the Highlands Apartments fire alarm
6. 3:18pm
   Crews walking hallways found nothing; checking north corridor, no fire located so far
7. 3:18pm
   Dispatch acknowledges the non-emergency response recommendation; Battalion 5 delayed by a train
8. 3:20pm
   Report that the system is still showing the same alarm
9. 3:21pm
   Command reports crews walked the hallways, found nothing obvious; very slight odor of burnt food in one corridor but not enough smoke to trip the alarm; appears to be a system problem; recommends Engine 5 and Car 97 can handle
10. 3:22pm
    Dispatch acknowledges; response reduced to Car 97 and Engine 5
11. 3:22pm
    Engine 5 still working on the source; Engine 5 and Car 97 to handle, all other units clear
12. 3:42pm
    Unit 5 clear of College Avenue and able to take another call; switching back to Channel 1
13. 3:50pm
    Engine 5 clear from the fire alarm.