Carbon monoxide alarm triggers evacuation at residential building, Buffalo MN
Medical EmergencyEmergency crews responded to a carbon monoxide alarm at the residential building called The Legacy in Buffalo, Minnesota. Elevated carbon monoxide levels were detected on the third floor, leading to evacuation of residents to lower floors. A furnace technician was sent to repair the source of the alarm.
Audio|Source: Wright County Public Safety
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Transcript:
00:00
Thelano, Utility 11, we're in service to the CO alarm, St. Peter.
00:04
Utility 12 in Route 904.
00:10
...to find to your carton.
00:18
Delano, I seat to Utility 11.
00:27
Go ahead, L.C.
00:32
Yeah,
00:33
we're at The Legacy on the third floor. I know (name withheld) is just coming downstairs right now.
00:39
You know, we're just evacuating the third floor. We're getting some levels of CO.
00:44
And we're just trying to get people down to the first floor. So, you know, if you guys could just report up the third floor, that'd be great.
00:52
Thank you.
00:54
Two 11 copies, we'll report to the third floor to help evacuate people down to the lower levels.
00:59
Do you have Excel coming to that area then?
01:03
We have had a furnace person dispatched, whoever they use for service here, so they've been notified and we'll be coming to check this furnace out and make repairs.
01:17
We'll be there in a few moments.
01:22
I see copies, thank you.
01:27
Engine 13 from Engine 13 operator, Kit, do you copy?
01:32
Hey (name withheld), this is Jason, I'm right here with Kit.
01:35
(number withheld) on stage.
01:38
9-06.
01:42
So let's close the windows in the apartment next to that community room towards the west.
01:56
Okay, copy. We'll close the windows next to the community room that face the west. Do you want us to close any other windows on the opposite side of the floor?
02:10
Those appear to be closed all the way at least two or three units down. They shouldn't be affected by what's going on here.
02:18
The opposition.
02:24
Ladies, Amy, I'm in Unit 309. This is the one that read 15.
02:28
I closed the windows.
02:30
Any ones to the west of you that should be closed?
02:38
We should be good there. The vents that were in concern, we were concerned about are straight in front of me right here.
02:46
If we could go to the far west end and get a couple windows open on the far left end with the doors open to feed fresh air, the wind's kind of coming this way.
02:56
It'll feed fresh air in there and our fan will suck and push it out the other end.
03:00
Got it.
03:03
Once we get the hallway in that clear, we may have to come and cause the pressure that room just to get it out of there.
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7-4.
03:12
Right dispatch.
03:13
Throne Utility 11 is arriving unseen, St. Peter.
03:17
Utility 11 Unseen, I don't have...
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