Mechanical fault causes issue in school boiler room, Baltimore MD
Fire & ArsonFire and hazmat crews responded to Perry Hall Middle School in Baltimore County for a report of an issue in the boiler room. Initial concerns about chemical hazards were investigated, but no hazardous materials or unusual readings were found. The problem was identified as a mechanical fault, specifically a bad bearing in an air handler motor, causing noise but no odor or danger. The situation was resolved without finding any chemical or fire hazard.
Audio|Source: Baltimore County Fire and EMS - Digital
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Transcript:
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yeah we're ahead We're coming out there are road now where do you want us to report when we get to the middle school
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Just to come in off of Ebenezer and just turn into the parking lot.
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You'll see all of us on side of off.
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You need it from 20 from command.
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I'm sorry, is that 201 or 202?
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Two zero one, alright.
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Okay. Two-01, can you actually go to the boiler room? Can you actually go to the boiler room? I'm getting reports that that's located on the shelter side of the building.
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And just check out, see if any fun-temporary handling system, boiler, and any chemicals in that area
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area. One-on-a-one-five.
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Go back and check out 216.
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Because there was a loaded some rolling control and exploring at the time period when the boiler was started.
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1353 Number 111.11 from dispatch.
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All right, now we're good.
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Boilerm, Delta side.
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Give it a check.
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Number 11, we're Stormbox 10-6[1], 6 subject.
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78, 12,
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clubs with plates, Crow streets, Linwood Avenue, Baltimore State Line, North Central.
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Handma 111-11.
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13, 53.
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And below all the brow.
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1353.
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Medics 17, Claring,
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CBNC.
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17, 1354.
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Medical 101, your patient is a 74-year-old female conscious breathing,
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is unable to catch her breath.
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All right.
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In 11, patients is 71-year-old, female conscious breathing, is bed-written,
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says that the hospital is called, says that she's a bacterial infection.
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14-4. Pass back 14, 13, 154.
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Utility 396 is in station.
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In station, 1355.
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Learvedic 6, 5.27-4 for fall.
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14. You might have a question.
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Thank you very much.
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We are coordinating with the Larimer County Public School Representative.
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We're about an hour from this missile, and we have a rough estimate of 1,400 students.
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We're meeting with the assistant principals to validate that all of those kids are counted for, but our primary search of the entire structure is negative at this time.
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Doctor.
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This is clear at the hospital and out of service on a detail.
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So, she's such a...
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I'm ahead for my bench in the one.
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Yeah, we're heading.
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Right with the border rooms.
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Another thing on the unit,
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we're getting no radiation on the meters.
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And temperature one is nothing over 186.
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22-0303 can see.
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And your door one is at the boiler room.
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We're getting no reading from the meter and temperature wise, nothing above one of anyone, nothing unusual here.
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Okay,
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quick eyeball of the boiler area.
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Is there an extra accumulation of dust? Any chemicals in the vicinity, anything along nose lines, or does it look to be a normal operation?
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Everything seems no operation, nothing on usual.
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No chemicals on site.
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AMBA 746 from dispatch.
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Okay. It's been reported to me that there are some adjacent storage rooms next to that oil room.
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Can you go ahead and check those out as well?
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Again, just looking for anything chemical-wise that they have traveled into the boiler ventilation process.
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High Hill Road, Cross Street, Tin Hill Road, Puselage Avenue, Honey.
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Number 46.
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Question of birth.
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1350. Okay.
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If you're on drive.
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Thank you, 130.
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Left arm is swollen, unable to walk.
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Patients responding normally, breathing normally, nothing further.
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So, point six correct.
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Okay.
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Go ahead.
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Okay, Chief,
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we have one air handler that's carrying on.
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It looks like it might be a bad bearing in the motor, but no discernible odor.
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And we're surveying the remainder of the roof.
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No odors up here at all.
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Okay, a bad bearing as you can hear is banging around.
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Oh,
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absolutely. I have a shove off on this end,
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but yeah, it's definitely a back there and it's motor.
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Okay.
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What part of the roof is that located on in terms of orientation of your alpha product Charlie Delta?
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Okay, see on the two-story alpha side, just adjacent where our ladder is raised.
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Tension 55AOCA.
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We're making entry back with three personnel.
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I have the hazmat's Tim Pro.
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We're going to walk this through this floor and then go up to that room 216.
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It is training upward pretty well on this meter again.
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Near Ebenezer Rd, Baltimore, MD 21236
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