Natural gas odor reported at multiple medical buildings, Albemarle County VA
Fire & ArsonFire and rescue crews responded to reports of a natural gas odor at several connected medical buildings in Albemarle County, Virginia, including the Martha Jefferson House, Surgical Care Center, Pediatric Center, and Riverside Center. Crews investigated multiple buildings using gas detectors and confirmed the odor had dissipated with no active gas detected.
Audio|Source: Albemarle County Fire and Rescue
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Transcript:
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Rescue 147.4BLS Priority 2[1].
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Martha Jefferson House, near Gordon Avenue, Unit 16.
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Respond on Alpha Tech 2.
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Rescue 147.
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12 BLS Priority 2[1].
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Martha Jefferson House, near Gordon Avenue, Unit 16.
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Respond on Alpha Tech 2.
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For a fall, BLF, 32.
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Martha Jefferson House, near Gordon Avenue, room 16, cross straight to Ackley Lane.
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The advice is going to be the same plot as the Montessori School, 1822.
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Go ahead.
00:46
Okay, everyone down here is directing us into surgical care center, which is the separate building just past the cycles.
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We do have an odor of gas inside.
00:57
It's not as strong as everyone is making it out to be, but if you have another crew with the gas detector, I appreciate a second pair of hands.
01:05
All right, the Panion 201 is heading down that way now with the gas detector.
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Okay, thank you.
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Good.
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Okay, three total on the demand.
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We're at the indoor developmental center.
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An employee came on told us two of his employees were inside.
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We're trying to locate them now.
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Okay, is that the building that is not down as far as the surgical center, but down the parking lot into the right?
01:40
I believe that's correct on their last.
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Okay.
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And you're heading down to the surgical center now, is that correct?
01:57
So far we've got 83 Bravo and Charlie in the surgical center.
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I believe Delta ECHO reported they were attempting to locate two employees in the 1818 and K on location 1824.
02:09
All right and we can refer to that narrow building as the pediatric center.
02:14
We have the last portion reported out in suite 100 in the developmental building.
02:24
Okay, the building that you're calling developmental is that where it's the pediatric center on the southern part of that building and then there is a daycare under construction on the northern part of that building?
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The information results are standby.
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We're going to confirm.
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DeKone 404 is on the floor.
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I have you on the floor at 1825.
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282121 Fala.
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Two thousand command confirmed that it is UBA Children's Suite 1002325.
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All right, thank you.
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Command Ghost 121.
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Can I check the buildings behind us? I believe there's four or five businesses in there just to make sure that there is no gas in those buildings behind us.
03:36
Are you referencing the buildings adjacent to 83 and the 5201?
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Correct. You're looking back.
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Happy nails in the tobacco shop.
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I understand.
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May I have Gai, 201.
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2.1 go.
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Do we have access to the building that's most adjacent to you that's under construction? It does have natural gas service to it.
04:15
There should be a Knox box to that building.
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Um,
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Last time I was here,
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there was no access to that part of the building, but they may have updated the Knox box, which should be on the Alpha side.
04:31
Yeah, I saw the Knox box.
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I'll come get a key and see if you can get access.
04:36
All right. I'll have someone meet you halfway.
04:39
Command for how many survivors?
04:45
So we had a smell on the surgical care center initially upon making access that appears to have dissipated.
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We've also not gotten any readings at all in here.
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We're going to check downstairs.
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But I think the surgical care center is resolving.
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All right,
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continue your investigating of the surgical center.
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I'm going to try and get access into the construction part of the pediatric building.
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83-5, understood.
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83 DECO, correction.
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83 Delta.
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Hey, greet out to the command.
05:32
Does anybody check the Riverside Center?
05:39
We haven't put anybody into that building which is the furthest building down closest to the river yet.
05:46
We're concentrating on the buildings that are on the right side of the parking lot.
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He can meet back up with battalion to help him and help him with the construction part of that building.
06:07
We're on the way to 201.
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There's a civilian at the entrance of the Riverside Center reporting he smells gas inside of that building.
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We are heading back to your side.
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All right.
06:22
If you've got somebody who's reporting a smell of gas in the Riverside part of this complex, do you have a meter, is that correct?
06:31
If you don't, we do not have a meter.
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And if you can meet back at my car, I'll give you a meter.
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And then have you get down to Riverside?
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Degree Delta is correct.
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I'm reassigned the people I've assigned to you to check the Riverside building with a meter.
06:56
Yeah,
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I was direct. I gained access to the building that is under construction.
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I'll take a breeze through here.
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I don't have any odors.
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Okay.
07:07
If you need anybody, I still have 121 just searching the buildings up here.
07:12
Negative. I'm okay.
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BLS Priority 2: Basic Life Support response, Priority 2 (urgent but non–life-threatening)
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