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Gas leak reported inside apartment building with injuriesDowners Grove IL

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Near Main St #2a, Downers Grove, IL 60515

Fire crews responded to a gas leak inside an apartment near Main St in Downers Grove. Evacuations and medical triage were underway for several patients, some seriously injured. Natural gas presence was confirmed and ventilation efforts took place.

Audio|Source: DuComm Fire Dispatch and Ops (All)
04:44
Transcript:
00:00
Gas leak inside, District 1020 near Main St, Downers Grove, Squagg-53, Cross Street of Chicago Avenue in Pratt. Turn the train.
00:11
Hi, 103.
00:14
You can report face-to-face in Tower 102.
00:19
Medic[1] 1-2 from command?
00:21
Go off the night, one or two.
00:23
Your medical control, so did you give me account of what hospitals can take what patients?
00:28
Do you come from engine 37?
00:31
Engine 37, go ahead.
00:32
Yeah, just confirm the apartment 2A alpha, correct? That's what we have, 2A alpha. It's like near Main St in Denver.
00:44
We're in command, you're 10 minutes in.
00:50
Message me, 10 minutes in.
00:56
We got it. We got patient contact.
01:00
Go ahead.
01:01
Good Sam can take three reds, three yellow, and five green.
01:06
Edward can take two red, two yellow, and four green.
01:10
Hinsdale can take two red, two yellow,
01:13
and two green.
01:15
Message received.
01:18
Street from under 103.
01:22
I'm going to need a backboard. We're working on packaging in red right now.
01:26
I got four yellows.
01:28
On the inside, two eggs come out the second floor window.
01:32
We have the window open.
01:37
Deputy 103, come in.
01:40
Go ahead for Deputy 102.
01:43
Deputy 104, we're going to designate you treatment and transport.
01:48
Here's your count for who can take what.
01:51
Good Sam can take three reds, three yellows, and five greens.
01:58
Edwards can take two red,
02:01
two yellows, and four greens.
02:05
Hinsdale can take two reds, two yellows, and two green.
02:12
We have an EMS box coming, so we currently have seven Medic[1]s en route. Let me know if you think we need more.
02:19
Message received.
02:21
120 North Oak Street, Hinsdale, Engine 84, 984, Hinsdale Hospital, Cross Street of Burlington, Northern Santa Fe, and East Walnut Street.
02:31
Go ahead, triage. Right now on the train, we got one red, four yellow,
02:35
one green that's already been removed,
02:38
and then we have one to six.
02:40
All right, message received, triage and transport is going to be set up out by the tower.
02:45
Copy that. Message received.
02:49
Manager 52, Maddox 52.
02:51
You guys are going for domestic.
02:54
One person was punched in the face.
02:56
Both parties are still on scene, PEDs en route. I'll let you know when they secure it.
02:59
You can report to Tower 102A, each triage,
03:04
and assist with triage in and moving people from the train.
03:07
Triage from command.
03:14
Go ahead.
03:17
You got Squad[2] 101 coming your way. So reporting to you is Tower 102, Engine 103, Squad 101,
03:24
and probably half a Medic[1] 1.2.
03:26
Right to that.
03:28
Squad[2]s, Air, Chair, or callers?
03:32
Message receipt.
03:34
Repeat that last traffic.
03:36
Command EMS, looking to know what ambulance says I got coming.
03:42
All right, treatment and transport, you have Medic[1]s 182,
03:46
Medic[1] 89,
03:49
Medic[1]s 51, Medics 44,
03:55
Medic[1]s 77.
03:58
Okay, understood.
04:09
I'm here's medic one from Ducon.
04:16
Yeah medic 52 is based.
04:19
Ducon from Main Street, command.
04:24
Go ahead, command. Go ahead, command.
04:28
We do have some readings in natural gas. Looks like we isolated the source.
04:32
We're going to be ventilated. We've got leave at Engine 105 and Tower 102,
04:37
or sorry, Tower 183.
04:39
And myself for now. Okay. Squat 53 is on the way. Do you need them or do want me to return them? No, we do not. You can return them.
Police codes explained
The following codes appeared in the transcript and are explained below:
[1]
Medic: Request for an EMS ambulance/paramedic unit
[2]
Squad: Request for a rescue/utility squad unit

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Location mentioned:
Near Main St #2a, Downers Grove, IL 60515
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Incident Timeline

  1. Resource Management and Escalation
  2. Ongoing Triage and Transport
  3. Hospital Coordination and Patient Distribution
  4. Hazard Confirmation and Mitigation
  5. Additional Incident: Train Involvement and Patient Triage
  6. Command and Staging Established
  7. Initial Dispatch: Gas Leak Reported

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