High carbon monoxide levels at St. Peter's Church, Frederick County MD
Fire & ArsonAt St. Peter's Church near Church Street, high levels of carbon monoxide were detected inside the building. Several people were exposed, including two known patients who required emergency medical transport. Emergency services responded with multiple ambulances and special units. The area inside the church was ventilated, and exposed individuals were gathered in a safe pavilion for assessment and treatment.
Audio|Source: Frederick County Fire - Digital
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Transcript:
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Amulance 179-9-2, St.
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Peter's Church, near Church Street.
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BLS on the inside gas odor, 9 Delta 1641.
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Back, attendant to assign each of me and my personnel right here.
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Command's direct.
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EMS 902, Command.
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Go for command. Go for command.
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Advise all the units and each side of the back, just go ahead and switch to nine after that'll take care of some of these communications machine.
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Man-a-Medicate, 9.
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Through ETA.
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Open it.
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All units operating on the fire ground old portables,
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switch for nine echo.
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Net 29 Transporting Carter 2, FHH.
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Medi-9, transporting 1643.
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Cy Charlie,
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in the basement level,
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in the Alpha Quadron, peak reading carbon monoxide,
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257 parts per million on our foregast in the air.
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Check. Claim, 7thus for Pudy Dio.
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NG 162, command.
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Squad 15 driver, command.
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Squad 15 driver, guys.
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Can update.
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I've got one patient.
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A part of Engine 172's crew is tending to her now.
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And I'm going to need an EMS unit in the rear, like I said.
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Understood.
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Commander Frederick with an update.
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Territory command.
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Go ahead.
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We have a large religious facility with high carbon monoxide readings with several are exposed.
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Requesting the following assets, I need two special services.
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And from an EMS standpoint, I need a total of four ambulances,
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two of which are ALS.
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So figure out what you've got come in.
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I need a total of four EMS transport units,
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two of which are ALS staff.
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Mr. 15 driver, Commandant, update 9-1-7-9, we're on back here with me.
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Commit,
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Trent, 1-7-9 with you.
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Okay, Amyelance 39ALS-31 Woffer.
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We're good, Frederick, thanks.
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Amyline 319-1546.
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Come in 16, go ahead.
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I've got five or six people over here by the parish hall that have been working in that building today.
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I need to know where we're going to put them for EMS.
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169, Amulance 159, ALS-29 due.
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St. Peter's Church, near Church Street.
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Inside Gas Odor, 9 Delta 1646.
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It's Connecticut.
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Rescue 15 on the Bravo Charlie corner of the church building is a large pavilion currently enclosed with parts.
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This could be an ideal location for our triosch.
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I've neared it and there are no readings on the entire.
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Okay, rescue 15.
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Command all units operating on the fireground,
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all civilians that were in the structure need to be directed to the pavilion on the Bravo Charlie corner of the structure.
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June 172, you direct on that message.
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Let's move with the Rescue 15.
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Command Rescue Squad of 15, Alpha.
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Go for Rescue 15.
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Rescue Squad 15.
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Until the arrival of EMS 902, we're going to call you the EMS branch.
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The EMS branch.
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You'll have to let us know what you need.
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Rescue Squad 15, okay.
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Copy, EMS Branch.
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We're setting up in the pavilion.
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Thank you, sir.
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You should have at least two known patients, the original maintenance worker,
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and the patient, the female patient, the Rescue Squad 15's driver was speaking of.
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179, this man, we're back here with rest of 15, we're going to be transporting that female patient.
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Was that ambulance 179?
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That's correct.
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Okay,
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make sure you interface with the captain off of rescue squad 15 first.
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I'd really like to get CO levels on that patient and make sure we're transporting to the correct destination.
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Okay.
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Command engine tanker 114.
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Go ahead.
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Engine Tanker 114,
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you're going to be the ventilation group supervisor.
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Engine Tanker 114, I want you to work with engine 162 and begin ventilation operations in the basement and working up through the first floor.
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We have two additional special services coming to support that operation.
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Frederick County, MD
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