Solvent fumes at auto repair cause medical response, Reading PA
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Medical EmergencyAs discussed during the dispatch call, a medical response was made near Orange Street for a 24-year-old male who experienced a single episode due to solvent fumes from an engine at an auto repair garage. The engine was moved outside, and both the first and second floor apartments were ventilated. Occupants were advised to keep windows open.
Audio|Heard on: Reading Fire / EMS
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01:17
Transcript:
00:00
Attention Medic 1, near Orange Street, NOS Medical, 1859.
00:15
Okay, Medic 1,
00:17
24-year-old male, a single episode.
00:31
We found an auto repair facility in the garage.
00:35
There was an engine covered in solvent that was causing the VOC issue.
00:40
We had the occupant remove the engine from the auto repair facility there to the outside, not to take it back inside,
00:47
told him to cease work.
00:49
And we mechanically ventilated the first floor apartment.
00:53
It is down the single digits.
00:55
Naturally ventilated the second floor apartments.
00:57
They're in single digits.
00:59
Occupants were all told to keep the windows open.
01:06
It was an auto repair facility that had an engine covering causing the issue.
01:09
It was removed to the outside and you mechanically vented floor one.
01:13
The second floor was also ventilated and you advised to keep self-ventilating.
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Location mentioned:
Orange St, Reading, PA 19602
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