Gas hazard traced to faulty stove knobs in home, Fort Belvoir VA
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Fire & ArsonAs discussed during the dispatch call, emergency crews investigated a possible gas or appliance hazard at a home near Duane Road and Emory Road in Fort Belvoir, Virginia. They found no gas readings and traced the issue to faulty aftermarket stove knobs.
Audio|Heard on: Fairfax County Fire and Rescue
Listen to dispatch call
03:10
Transcript:
00:00
Command,
00:01
engine 4-6-8-3.
00:03
No readings on the first floor in the kitchen.
00:05
House was open prior to us arriving.
00:09
We're going to continue to investigate the first floor and the second floor.
00:16
On command, is direct.
00:18
No readings interior.
00:20
First floor and second floor, what quadrant are you going to be operating in it?
00:29
See,
00:31
as far as your patient, you're good holding him with Medic 425, and do you need any additional resources like there?
00:40
No, he's D.O.S.
00:41
We got everything we need.
00:44
Copy.
00:49
Rescue Squad, 465, all seen, staging.
00:53
Woodlawn, playing rude.
00:57
Rescue 465 from command, you can hold your crew at the apparatus.
01:03
Copy.
01:04
The infection engine 404.
01:12
Engine 404, go ahead.
01:17
If you were just going to make a notification to rest in the hospital, we're going to have three green patients arriving shortly in reference to this accident.
01:32
Careful.
01:46
Do you need any additional resources inside? I got it.
01:49
Engine 463, Bravo, and the rescue standing by.
01:54
Just have the Bravo unit, check the second floor, or meter to the first floor, and I got my crew going off the second floor.
02:01
Really, we've isolated it to the stove.
02:05
The knobs had been switched out of the aftermarket ones, and we believe they're faulty knobs for the stove.
02:17
Direct muscle is by an issue with the stove.
02:20
Your metering floor number 2, engine 463, Bravo, will meter floor number 1.
02:31
Engine 463 from command, do you need housing?
02:43
Command from engine 463 Bravo.
02:47
Bravo exposure checks not okay and close the Delta.
02:54
Command's direct.
03:01
Fairfax from command.
03:03
You can place the tower in service.
03:06
Copy that. Tower 4.5, you direct.
03:10
Return service.
Disclaimer:
This transcript is automatically generated by AI from live dispatch audio. Dispatch communications may include background noise, overlapping speakers, or rapidly evolving situations, and automated transcription may not capture all details or context.
Location mentioned:
Duane Rd & Emory Rd, Fort Belvoir, VA 22060
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