Chemical leak triggers detector and smoke in building, Frederick County VA
Fire & ArsonEmergency crews responded near White Pine Ridge Road to a report of a 78-year-old man cold to the touch and possibly in cardiac arrest. On arrival, they discovered a leak of Freon or a similar chemical from a chiller pump in the building's basement. This leak activated a duct detector and caused light smoke to spread to the second floor. The area was ventilated, power was secured, and maintenance was contacted to manage the HVAC system. No fire was found or confirmed.
Audio|Source: Frederick County Public Safety
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Transcript:
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107. You're responding to near White Pine Ridge Road for a priority for color bicell of that father, 78 years old, so that he's cold to the touch.
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We'd see how to heart attack.
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His hand is clutch.
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That's received. and some truck peek.
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Truck two.
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All right, I'm not exactly sure what the unit is, it's some type of pump.
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We're not in a job squadron, we're actually in the center of the first floor.
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But I do have power secure to it.
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It looks like it's dispersing some type of...
00:35
Falls almost like someone said maybe Freon because it is considered a liquid chillers.
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There are readings on everything, but it's secure at this time.
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Okay, you need ventilation.
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We can maybe try to pull the draft out of this room straight out the door to the truck.
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Okay, just let me know what you need.
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I've got the Laginforters officers, me command post, wagon force, or have my truck two so we can get you whatever.
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We just come to the basement level with where truck two is at.
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We get a fan set up.
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There's really no place to send this stuff to you, so I guess we draw it out and shoot it right out from basement doors.
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Also, the Wagon 5 crew is going up to the first floor to check the second floor, I'm sorry, to check the mechanical room there.
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Just double-check, make sure it's close.
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Okay, sounds good.
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I'm sending you a Wagon 4's officer around the exterior to help you to the van.
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Excuse me off the door for me.
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It's open.
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107, utility gun has been notified.
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Cover that, ma'am.
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Company 8, your second alert for near White Pine Ridge Road for priority 4.
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Your second alert for 819.
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Command. Go ahead.
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As secure into power, did that isolate the issue, is it kind of going away now?
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Yeah, that isolated issue to this unit.
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Power secure so it's not pumping now.
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We're outside just getting equipment, dropping our packs and stuff because we're still zero ratings and everything.
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Getting ready to take the fans back in.
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Okay. If maintenance happens to show you guys let me know, I advise them on the phone to come to the white truck, but I haven't seen yet.
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Okay, I haven't seen anybody yet down here.
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Six-4-1-Megwater status check.
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Brook it. Yep. Second.
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Five. Like a five.
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Like a five. Second floor, fire, main drain,
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light smoke, shell, and I believe ventilation is necessary.
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Okay, is that going to be directly above where you were in this renovation? Yes, yeah.
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Okay. Hey, Tube, were you caught up on the information?
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10-4[1] If I'm liking file
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Normal readings up here if you want to send down to you
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If you can get the attic, just check that area It's showing roughly that's actually that you make the scout city the basement or the attic that's that's like the place Okay
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Sam from truck two.
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Truck two.
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You can have them hold off going to the attic.
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The duct detector is in the basement.
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I'm in with maintenance now.
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He just showed up.
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Confirmed is the pump on the chiller.
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It leaked free-on slash oil.
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And the duct detector is what alarm is in the basement.
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Okay, I understand. You can ascertain from him that if that would be, if the reasoning for having to smoke or that, hey, on the second, the first floor, we'll remove above you guys.
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That makes sense, so that would be to go up there.
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100%.
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Okay, so no additional needs and you're good to put you down.
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Now we're good.
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Okay, Wagon 5, you got a cool now.
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Okay. Of course you've been.
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Commit.
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If Prins were able to isolate a pre-onleague, the power to the boiler for it, in the basement.
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I have main insulin teams this time.
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I'll be holding the insulin scene for just to shorten that level.
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Command Control 2.
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Maintenance is going to go around and shutoff thermostat to control HVACU unit.
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Okay. Okay. The crew is able to isolate the issue to a free-on-league, maintenance on-scene, holding units on scene.
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Okay.
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10-4: Acknowledgment/Affirmative
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