Gas leak in apartment caused by faulty stove pilot light, Fairfax County VA
Fire & ArsonFire department responded to a hazardous gas odor in an apartment building in Fairfax County. The source was identified as a faulty stove pilot light in an apartment unit. Natural ventilation was conducted, and no fire or injuries occurred.
Audio|Source: Fairfax County Fire and Rescue
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Transcript:
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Command, Pumager 4-03. Go ahead, Firmage 403.
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We made an inspection hole on the backside of the range in Unit 323.
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That connects the apartment units in the general hallway.
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It did not seem to be coming from that wall area.
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Captain.
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Command, Tower 440.
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Good, Tower 440.
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Floor number 4.
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Most of the odor and the OAO readings are getting it going to be around 4-2-3.
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We've gone around the corner here. It gets lower and it smells dissipates.
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Okay,
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what is your peak value on your monitors?
01:07
2,000 ppm with zero on the LEL.
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Okay,
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I just want to confirm that's on the Sensitive, 2,000 parts per million.
01:21
That's correct.
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Copy.
01:30
Rescue 433 from command.
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Rescue 433.3.
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They're looking at the drawing immediately adjacent to 323 and the 23 series apartments. They have a trash chute and a mechanical room.
01:52
So those areas clear?
01:58
Check the trash chute, that was clear.
02:02
I'll go back and double well, check the mechanical room.
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Copy.
02:12
Hedge of 432 from command. Conditions on the number 2.4.
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2432. We've investigated 323.
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Sometimes on correction 2-3. 2-2-3.
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No readings, no orders on 4-over-2.
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Okay, I copy normal readings and no odor on floor number two.
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Drop down to the first floor and make sure we're good there too.
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Make sure it's not migrating through a vertical shaft.
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Command engine 432, we did have an odor in the elevator shaft.
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Okay,
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then drop all the way down to the lower garage level and work your way up to 4-01.
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Tommy.
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Community restroom is in 433.
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Go ahead, rest of you're 433.
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In apartment 423, slight odor macapton, 0% LEL,
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270 ppm on the Eagle 2.
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The odor is noticeably less than an apartment 323.
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Ever we've been in the building, the most concentrated odor of macapein, and the highest ppm, has been in and around 323.
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Copy.
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Direct 430, run around, Cazac, Marcus.
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10-41152.
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Thanks, ma'am.
04:02
I see you for one on the scene. Now, take your members, floor number three, investigate with 5103, and rescue 433.
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Direct 4-3.
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Yeah, just as a frame of reference, we do have 0% of the LEL.
04:22
We definitely have something going on because it's paid up on a eagle and you get to sense it.
04:28
But based on the footprint of the building,
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just ask for additional personnel. Yes.
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How's that one's the right?
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Take care of us. You guys can be ready.
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Engine 430, Matic 418.
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On Channel 4, Bravo[2], Box, 42319, EMS level 2, (number withheld) Dale Street, Cross Street, Holly Road.
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Engine 430, Metac 418, on Channel 4, Bravo[2], Box, 42319, EMS Level 2[1], (number withheld) Dale Street, Cross Street, Holly Road.
05:14
Okay, I'm sending Hazmat[3] 401 up there. If we're not able to pinpoint this,
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we'll ventilate and then run the monitors again.
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And Rescension 433.
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Go ahead, Rescension 433.
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Mechanical and trash suit,
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all clear on number 4-4.
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Those are just outside in the Bravo[2] Quadrant,
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the 23 series apartments.
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Copy the mechanical room and the trash chute are clear on the fourth floor.
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If you have already done so, drop back down to the third floor and work with hazmat and filmage 403.
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Command frontage 403.
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Go ahead foronage 403.
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Yeah, we're operating in Road 323.
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We think we have a narrow down to a faulty pilot flight on the range. We've just isolated the range.
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We're to stand by for about five minutes, let the room naturally ventilate,
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and then recess.
Police codes explained
The following codes appeared in the transcript and are explained below:
[1]
EMS Level 2: Elevated-priority EMS response requiring additional or advanced resources, typically for higher-acuity medical incidents.
[2]
Bravo: Moderate-priority response designation or radio channel/talkgroup label; commonly used in EMS, fire, and police.
[3]
Hazmat: Hazardous materials operation/unit involvement
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Fairfax County, VA
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