Gas leak investigation with patient treated near Saponi Ln, Charlottesville VA
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Fire & ArsonAccording to the dispatch call, emergency crews investigated a possible gas leak near Saponi Lane due to a light gas odor detected outside a building. They found gas leaking from a meter. One person experienced dizziness and lightheadedness and was evaluated by medical personnel. Gas company was notified but delayed due to another incident.
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03:10
Transcript:
00:00
Light smell of gas on the exterior.
00:02
Continuing with.
00:03
Copy, light smell of gas, exterior Bravo sign, continuing 360, 1945.
00:08
Chief 82 arriving.
00:10
Chief 82, 1945.
00:14
83 Bravo, Chief 82, I'm gonna go ahead and assume command.
00:18
You've got an ogre?
00:21
83 Bravo's in pain.
00:22
Break.
00:23
88,
00:24
Can you send your crew on the Charlie side?
00:28
Just peek through all of these rear unit yards.
00:32
Correct, we're going to get on the Charlotte side monitoring.
00:35
Chief 82 ECC, you can go ahead and mark me in command.
00:40
Chief 82, receiving command 1945.
00:43
151's arriving.
00:45
151, 1945.
00:47
151,
00:49
Where are you staging?
00:51
Entrance of Saponi Lane.
00:53
Understood.
00:56
360 complete.
00:59
No additional odors, only odor.
01:02
Is that 83's location?
01:05
Okay, and I assume nothing on your meter.
01:09
ECC has my 15 staged at Saponi.
01:13
High five, 15 stage at Saponi, 1947.
01:16
Chief 82 ECC got one patient complaining lightheaded and dizzy.
01:23
Find an ambulance please.
01:25
Also, we have a water supply at the tower.
01:29
Understood. One patient complaining of head and dizziness, requesting rescue.
01:33
Water supply established at 200 and forty-eight.
01:36
You can advise the medic unit that says patient will be at engine eighty-three.
01:42
Command 161 staged Barrett Road Market.
01:46
One hundred and sixty-one page Barrett Road Market coming in from eighty-three Bravo.
01:52
Eighty-three Bravo.
01:53
There's just nothing on the trolley side.
01:57
Chief 82 ECC,
01:59
nothing evident in investigation of the affected building and apartment.
02:07
Three sixties have been completed.
02:09
Nothing on the meters.
02:11
We're going to hold with Tower Eighty Three, continues the medic unit for an evaluation of a patient.
02:16
All other units can go in service.
02:19
This is Honey Lake Command Advising.
02:21
Nothing evident inside of the building.
02:24
Three 60 complete.
02:25
Let's stop it on the meter.
02:26
Holding Tower and Engine Eighty Three, continuing the medic.
02:28
All other units can go in service.
02:29
Nineteen 51.
02:31
Two B two ECC.
02:34
Actually, have found gas leaking from a meter at the building.
02:39
Gas division en route?
02:41
We'll make the indication to gas division.
02:43
Okay.
02:45
We're still okay with 83 and 88.
02:48
Understood.
02:50
88 from chief 81.
02:52
Chief 81.
02:54
ACC 151 is ready.
02:56
One fifty-one, 19 fifty-three.
02:58
ACC to command.
02:59
Go ahead.
03:00
I am sorry, City Gas had already been notified.
03:03
They're currently on another gas leak in the city.
03:05
They'll be responding after they clear that.
03:07
They did not provide an ETA.
03:10
Okay.
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Location mentioned:
Saponi Ln, Virginia 22901
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