Gas leak confirmed in multi-family building in Fairfax, Fairfax VA
Fire & ArsonFire and hazardous materials units responded to a strong gas odor and high gas readings indicating a possible gas leak in a multi-family residential building near Sager Ave in Fairfax County, Virginia. The source was not immediately found but suspected to be inside the walls in the west wing on the fourth floor. Investigators continued to monitor and search apartments to locate the leak and ensure safety.
Audio|Source: Fairfax County Police, Fire and EMS
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Transcript:
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God, the engine 432 is going to the office on that ground level.
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Correction the upper garage level to Jet 50s.
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Down 440 from command.
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Yeah, command.
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Yeah, split the crew and take your inside team to floor four.
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Copy split for your inside team floor four.
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Engine 409, Matic 409.
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On Channel 4,
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Box 409[1], EMS level 1, 8515, Old Mount Vernon Road, Mount Vernon High School, Cross Street, Battersea Lane.
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Engine 409, Medic 409,
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on channel 4 Bravo, Fox 409-38, EMS Level 1[2], 8515,
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Old Mount Vernon Road, Mount Vernon High School, Cross Street, Battersea Lane.
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731 dropa we're all seen 5302-375 we're all 10th we're all 104 all 104 no other new traffic bed I can't hear you 971 bravo we're 104 we've no other needs no other units needed at the netting address direct go out of 41
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C-2?
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Here, T2.
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I have a backup there. Did you need backup? And if you do, do you have an apartment number?
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76.
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76.
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That van returns on a blue BMWs the van, the van,
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221.
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Does it show an expiration date?
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Or with Rescension 433?
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They're still pretty global.
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Right now we're not able to isolate that to a specific unit.
02:39
Is there a unit available to check the number two floor below us?
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Yeah, I'll have engine 432, handle that. Engine 432, here's the number 2 floor. What are you going to be?
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And, uh,
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confirm we have no abnormal readings on the monitor.
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And let me know if there's no odor present.
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Engine 432 copies.
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Engine 432 is from engine 403.
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Specifically, Unit 2.23.
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Copy D23.
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Copy D23.
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Phone under 403 from command.
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Go ahead, command.
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I got the drawing in the building pulled up.
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Is the owner confined to the west wing of the building?
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If we're using the elevator lobby as the split.
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That is correct.
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The west wing.
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Okay.
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I also have a mechanical room that's directly adjacent to 223.
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So I'll make sure we've gotten there.
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Command Tower 440.
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Good, Tower 440.
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We're working out floor number 4.
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Slight odor in the hallway has made access to 423 heavy odor,
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zero readings at this time. We're still doing a suite by the apartment.
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We're going to keep working the way down, but we do have a strong odor up there in the fourth floor.
04:36
Okay, I copy 0% of the AEL with a strong odor in 423.
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Highway, Drusk, Cross Street, Old Richmond Highway,
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Ambulance 41111-192. On Channel 411-92, Overdose[3], 5-922, Richmond Highway, Drusk, Cross Street, Old Richmond Highway.
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Multi-family dwelling, companies are investigating the gas odor in the west wing of a building.
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All right they will locate the source continue to investigate an undetermined amount of time.
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Copy that 1146.
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Rescue 433 from command.
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It's our peak values on your monitors.
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0% LEL, 970, parts per million.
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Copy. 0% of the OEL and 970 on the parts per million.
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It's affirmative, and the peak value of the parts of million was in apartment 323.
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unable to find a source in there considering the possibility that it may be in the wall, a line in the wall,
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since it seems global.
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Copy. If we need to make an inspection hold, let's make that happen.
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Copy that.
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3.28 and 104.
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We're done.
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1147 hours.
06:42
The gas leak, near Sager Ave, Cross Street, Barber Drive.
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Has Matt Support 401 on Channel 4 DeltaVox, 4443.4, Inside Gas Week, near Sager Ave, Cross Street, Barber Drive.
Police codes explained
The following codes appeared in the transcript and are explained below:
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Box 409: Number identifying a specific incident or dispatch area for assignment or response.
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EMS Level 1: Basic EMS response for non-life-threatening, low-acuity medical incidents; typically a single-unit BLS dispatch.
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Overdose: Emergency medical incident involving suspected drug overdose or poisoning.
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Location mentioned:
Near Sager Ave, Fairfax, VA 22030
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