Categories
Fire suppression and rescue services response is broken down into three broad categories, as follows;
- General alarm - Includes any reported fire in or threatening a structure, a reported smoke condition / odor of smoke in a building, and any activated commercial / residential fire alarm
- Still alarm - Includes electrical wires burning / arcing / down, vehicle fires not threatening a structure, unknown / suspicious odor investigations, carbon monoxide detector investigations, natural gas leaks, elevator rescue, and other miscellaneous responses
- Mutual aid - Includes automatic fire equipment response to neighboring communities and response to major incidents through M.A.B.A.S. (Mutual Aid Box Alarm System - the State of Illinois mutual aid organization)