Chemical odor prompts evacuation at Perry Hall school, Baltimore MD
Fire & ArsonFire and hazmat teams responded to Perry Hall Middle School near Ebenezer Rd in Baltimore County due to reports of a strong chemical odor. This odor was strong enough to cause the school to evacuate fully. Officials conducted a search and monitored conditions. An elderly female patient with breathing issues was attended during the event. The source was traced near the principal's office where recent maintenance work occurred. The area was carefully investigated to ensure safety before declaring the situation clear.
Audio|Source: Baltimore County Fire and EMS - Digital
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Transcript:
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For our local fireworks 5-10 and no school PAN.
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The only 5-7-31 The only 5-7-3-19-1.
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Near Ebenezer Rd, cross streets Avenue, Beller Road, Perry Hall Middle,
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Peloton and an acute kidney injury.
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(number withheld).
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Okay, thank you.
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Okay, (number withheld).
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Lerminic 112 by 12-nash 3 for fall, 5-cooled bridge drive, crushing Cedar Drive, and a dead end,
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run east. QR2-2, I had be with command on the Alpha Delta Corner, (number withheld).
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NG201-3-2.
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NG201, (number withheld).
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See, do you have that SR with you?
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Negative.
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There was an officer right on that corner when we pulled it up and then she didn't hear.
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I got crowds of people coming towards me holding their noses.
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Okay, yeah, I'm with you.
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I'm with you.
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Just confirm that they're doing a full evacuation, please.
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12, have you in rail?
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Medic 112, 88-year-old female, conscious and breathing.
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She has knee problems and it she fell.
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The door is unlocked.
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She's still on the ground.
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(number withheld).
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Question 54 is available.
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Have you available (number withheld)?
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It's from command of stated status.
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I'm with the school resource officer.
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She's recording a generalized vault-volved type voter and the school is in the process of being evacuated.
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If you could start the hazmatismic, that would be helpful.
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(number withheld).
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1025. I'll set you up as Division 1 while you investigate.
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I'm doing a lap with the school resource officer right now just to see if anything jumps out.
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Okay, we're being directed towards the Newport on the Bravo side of the building.
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All right, a lot of news around me.
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What did you just say about the broader side?
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That's the area we're being directed to.
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Okay.
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Division 1 from command, is that by the library?
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In Division 1 from command, do you have the principal or one of the vice principals with you?
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Mr. (number withheld) arrived.
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Emis 6 (number withheld).
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Lower local bikes 55-10.
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Injured 14-Hasmith, (number withheld), respond at the request units on scene.
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Division ones, come in.
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Near Ebenezer Rd, Beller Road, Perry Hall, Middle.
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I'm sorry. Do you have one of the principals with you?
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I'm not finishing my left heading this side out for right now.
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I'd like to interface with them.
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Now, we're actually going to pull out ourselves with how strong this odor is.
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And just re-curve that they're working on finishing this evaluation.
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Grab our reading out, Ravis.
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Probably need a TIO.
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I know you have a hazmaton.
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I'll talk to you in a second up front.
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Okay.
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Four gas and pH paper are clear.
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Order of 1 by 17-14, choking, near Lake Valley Road, Grocery, Sol Bosley, Road, Selmarst Drive,
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1-02, Respono Central, (number withheld).
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Free C. Yeah, I'll save the page with the on site if I'm making my way there now.
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We also need to figure out this evacuation route to get them a lot further away than they are now with all the equipment coming.
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Engine 1 from dispatch.
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Okay.
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The SRO is reporting that there was some working which was done yesterday for a leak, but that was above the direction close to the principal's office.
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Dispast and that's 117.
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Go ahead. Do you.
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Can't add you to the 17 bucks.
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That's correct.
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Command from dispatch.
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Command, go ahead.
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Did you want the BIA started?
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I can add you to the call.
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Yeah, you can start on.
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I don't know.
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I don't have you in route (number withheld).
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Yeah, I have AMBO 1 on it right now.
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Division 1 from command.
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Can you describe that odor that you in the right there?
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There is. Inbo 1, I have you in route.
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Patient is an 83-year female conscious of breathing,
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a stroke-piling catalogue.
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Truck 8 from Command.
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Truck 8 from Command.
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Truck 741. Oh,
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I'm sorry, I thought I had Truck 8.
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Just letting you know when you get here, you can position on the side alpha.
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And we're going to let out of the roof and just see if you see anything up there.
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Correct.
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Josh Reddy Ford is in the station.
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In station, (number withheld).
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DC2, well, engine 8.
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I don't believe truck 8 is going on that call.
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They're just cleared a call in the 10-block 11.
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Yeah, that's my mistake.
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741's direct delta position on side, off the ladder.
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CMS 6 from command...
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Go ahead.
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I want to set you up as the medical branch, coordinate your EMS units.
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I like the idea that I'm like Medicare doing drive all the way through the front of circle in a route of travel at the stop sign on the user.
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Okay, I'm correct.
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Also, have you talked to the principal at all?
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Yeah, I'm on my way at front of the building to interface with them, and I think we're trying to get a hold of the maintenance representative as well.
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Vision one again.
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Go ahead.
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This terrible is that strong.
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I'm in here with three personnel, just doing an AC,
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and I said it was completed.
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Very strong chemical cell.
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Okay.
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Can I get Engine 8 to assist you when they're right second due with that CBA to do a little bit of a recon to help do that hasty primary search?
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Yeah, if they want to go in that front of the south side,
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I start working that way towards the alpha side.
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That's fine. We're checking through this private side.
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Okay, you're going alpha-delta, I'll send engine 8 in to do a quick primary search alpha-brother direction.
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To meet in from dispatch, you don't have engine 8, you have engine 201.
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Okay, ma'am, where you want us?
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All right, that direction I just gave the engine 8 that can be you.
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I need you to come up here with this DBA.
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You'll go inside Alpha, we're just going to do a quick, hasty search primary, you're going to be going into the Bravo side of the building.
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Near Ebenezer Rd, Baltimore, MD 21236
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