Chemical odor in apartment laundry room investigated
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Des Moines Fire/EMS
03:13
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00:00
Hazmat Five, you're going to (number withheld) Douglas on a chemical odor.
00:04
Engine nine is requesting your assistance with some chemical fumes in the laundry room.
00:16
Dispatch from Hazmat Five, we're en route on Channel Five now.
00:23
Copy, you're going to (number withheld) Douglas to assist Engine Nine with some chemical odors in the laundry room.
00:30
Engine nine.
00:32
Dispatch, medic six is available.
00:33
Mobile.
00:36
Copy.
00:41
Yeah, I'm just looking.
00:42
What do you have for us?
00:49
We're unsure.
00:50
There's definitely a gas or substance of some kind in a small confined laundry room at an apartment complex here.
01:00
We've gone in a couple times with our SCBA on after our arrival and haven't found anything yet, but there's definitely something present in there.
01:14
Hazmat Five, copy.
01:17
Dispatch from Hazmat Five.
01:20
Go ahead.
01:24
Yeah, just curious, is DC aware we're going to this call or typically get the DC and a truck company and ambulance?
01:35
Engine nine just requested hazmat five.
01:37
They didn't want the whole.
01:41
They didn't want the whole.
01:46
Hazmat five, copy that.
01:49
Hazmat five, do you want me to start more?
01:56
Negative, I guess we'll check it out 1st and advise.
02:00
Thanks. Copy.
02:06
Engine nine from Hazmat five.
02:09
Is this going to be something we need PD four to potentially get in other rooms?
02:19
I don't believe so, Cap.
02:22
This was called in by a single individual and we haven't had any other complaints.
02:27
There's no one else here that's outside of any of these apartments.
02:37
Copy
02:38
that.
02:40
How about a truck company for ventilation?
02:50
Do you have the battery-powered fan on?
02:52
Truck six, you're going to Southwest 7th Street River Bridge.
02:55
Southwest 7th Street River Bridge on an illegal burn.
02:59
Truck six, go response one, fire ground six, 4 min .
03:08
I'm not quite certain on the source, but it's a very small area for the laundry room.
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