Leaking chemical package at Avon Park post office
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03:43
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00:00
It's going to be an out-of-house fire.
00:02
Avon Park Post Office, (number withheld) Lake Avenue East.
00:05
It's going to be a reference to reporting advising they received a package that was smoking.
00:09
It's going to be located in the rear parking lot.
00:12
923.
00:14
Copy. Just confirm it's the post office, not the police department.
00:18
That's affirmative.
00:19
My house is going to be the post office.
00:23
Battalion 420, dispatch.
00:26
Battalion 420.
00:29
I'm on scene at the post office.
00:31
I'll be out investigating.
00:33
How about us?
00:35
Copy on scene investigation.
00:36
929.
00:40
This one's for hard.
00:45
Battalion 420, dispatch.
00:48
Battalion 420.
00:51
Go ahead and attach heavy 9 to this for right now.
00:53
We do have a fluid leaking out of the boxes.
00:59
Copy, attaching heavy 9.
01:00
Fluid leaking out of the package.
01:01
928.
01:03
Heavy nine is responding.
01:07
Heavy nine, a cop responding.
01:09
Avon Park Post Office, (number withheld) Lake Avenue East.
01:13
Send me a reference to a suspicious package.
01:15
Has light smoke coming from it and blue light.
01:18
Nine 29 .
01:22
Command to brush 400 and twenty-one crew.
01:23
If you would make contact with the postal person at the back to see if there is any more packages with it.
01:32
What do you want to copy?
01:35
You are on one dispatch responding on eight.
01:38
Copy 930 . Back to dispatch.
01:43
Nine hundred and 30 .
01:45
Fresh 4C1 , time 2420 .
01:49
Go ahead.
01:51
I'm fine with the rest.
01:52
There's no more packages pushed.
01:53
Just pushed last part out.
01:55
I copy.
01:59
Command to Heavy Nine.
02:02
Heavy Nine, go ahead.
02:06
We're able to get a couple of the packages out of the container that was smoking.
02:12
It does look like some of it is muriatic acid that's busted open inside the packages and leaked all over other packages.
02:20
We're just trying to see if it's mixed with anything.
02:23
I got you.
02:25
Not through dispatch.
02:27
Hi, Drew.
02:30
Add me to the call.
02:31
I'll be responding.
02:32
Also add Squad 7.
02:34
Copy, nothing.
02:37
Go
02:40
ahead.
02:42
There's also a puddle inside the post office.
02:46
When you guys get here, we'll have you look at that as well.
02:52
I copy. Are they in plastic jug?
02:55
I'm sorry, repeat.
02:57
93.
03:00
The package that we had in the container outside is in a plastic jug.
03:05
It was in a cardboard box.
03:06
It has busted and leaked out over multiple packages.
03:14
I copy. Thank you.
03:17
Three to dispatch, recall.
03:19
That's affirmative.
03:20
Foam squad seven is out of service.
03:24
I copy.
03:26
Tower 33 available?
03:28
That's affirmative.
03:30
Also be advised we have heavy nine en route.
03:34
I copy. We'll need a 2nd specialty truck.
03:38
We're going to be making entry and dealing with hazmat stuff.
03:42
Have tower 33 en route, please.
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