Elevated carbon monoxide and methane detected inside building, Hagerstown MD
Fire & ArsonFire and EMS units responded to elevated levels of carbon monoxide and methane gases detected inside a building near National Pike. Measurements showed methane up to 50 parts per million and CO at 40 parts per million in multiple areas including the cafeteria and rooftop. Maintenance confirmed no ongoing work or heat operation, and no unusual sources were found. Responders conducted thorough checks to identify the source of hazardous gases.
Audio|Source: Washington County Fire and EMS - Digital
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Transcript:
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Command to company 26 and company 10, can you come meter off the first floor?
00:05
Did you 10-3[1] also? Okay.
00:06
26-1 is direct, I'm moving on now.
00:08
On 25 and you can just stage out of the way for now.
00:10
Okay. Sv.m.264, I'm responding to attack on.
00:13
K.F.m. 26. Can you have F.m.
00:24
26. We're out. Man, can we get a school route below zones?
00:26
What did you want to Washington on dispatch?
00:28
Hey, it did one.
00:29
What change did you put a fire police on?
00:31
Fire place should be on FD1.
00:33
Good.
00:34
If you have any reps, you can try to find out what they were doing on the rooftop unit and if it was definitely over the automotive area.
00:41
Both meters are confirming 40 parts of million T.S.
00:44
We checked everything to see if there's any batteries that were on charge for potentially off gas and their vehicle batteries at all but just regular drill batteries.
00:53
Seventy-five three respond.
00:54
9.04.
00:55
Okay. That's correct. However, there was nobody on the roof when we got up here, so I'm not sure that there was any work being done.
01:00
They just thought that's where it was coming from.
01:02
I had all normal readings and that smells on the roof around over the unit.
01:06
It's above the automotive.
01:07
I talk with them now to make sure that they weren't doing anything.
01:10
Okay, so you have access to a maintenance order?
01:12
Okay.
01:13
Can you run the hydrogen meter? Through that area.
01:15
We have a second one coming in.
01:17
Okay. Proof to command maintenance confirmed they were not doing any maintenance to the building whatsoever anywhere. Okay, were they trying to run the heat this morning or anything? No heat was running this morning. Okay, truck three-till are you up to that? That's correct. It looks like the heat in here anyhow is going to be self-continions in here.
01:47
All the ducking is air conditioning, I believe. Did any of the other units have CO anywhere else in the building where is it just isolated in here?
01:59
Access to the rear. Okay. Command from engine 103 officer. Good. In the cafeteria, Division 1, toward side Charlie. We have four parts per million CO, 50 parts per million, not for nothing.
02:29
50 parts per million for methane on the census. Four parts per million CO. I'm in the cafeteria, Division I.
02:40
Near National Pike.
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Near National Pike, Hagerstown, MD 21740
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