Chemical odor traced to basement drain in Dubuque building, Dubuque IA
Fire & ArsonFire crews responded to a report of a chemical odor in a building in Dubuque. They detected volatile organic compounds similar to paint thinner or lacquer. The source was traced to a floor drain in the basement. Crews attempted to reduce the odor by flooding the drain. No fire or hazardous materials spill was found.
Audio|Source: Dubuque County Fire, Dubuque City Fire and EMS
03:45
Transcript:
00:00
Incoming units, all clear on occupants.
00:07
Just describing it as a strange order right now.
00:09
We're still calibrating our monitor when that works, we're going to enter.
00:15
And Battalion 1, when you hear you can take command.
00:20
Italian 1 copy.
00:22
Just a strange order at this time.
00:23
You're going to calibrate your pressure your monitor and make entry.
00:31
Five on scene, staging.
00:34
Tom Park.
00:36
We're on us on track four.
00:39
We're on front, truck four.
00:44
Go ahead, truck four.
00:48
Are you on scene?
00:51
We are not on us caught it.
00:52
We were responding from the training tower.
00:54
We're at Pennsylvania JFK right now.
01:02
We do have VOC readings,
01:07
no other abnormal ratings, and in order that it's consistent with either some type of paint thinner or perhaps a lacquer or some household.
01:16
A chemical like that, not finding any breach containers,
01:22
we're going to continue looking.
01:24
We'll wait a few more minutes here and then truck four will probably finish this.
01:27
I don't think there's anything extremely others here.
01:34
Italian one copies.
01:36
DOC readings, all the normal readings.
01:38
Would you like the Italian one to continue?
01:45
Yeah,
01:47
for now, just because if we do get,
01:49
if we do decide to act on the DOC, I would want some help and guidance on that.
01:56
Italian one copies.
02:00
Just patrols.
02:02
The company's from truck four come from command.
02:06
It would seem as though the readings are emanating from a floor drain in the basement.
02:11
Unknown source.
02:13
We're going to choose to basically flood this floor drain and see if that improves things.
02:18
We're going to work on a water source to do that though.
02:21
Still give us a few more minutes in case that doesn't work or we need to go a different direction.
02:29
The time is coming from a floor drain in the basement.
02:33
You're trying to move with water.
02:40
Engine 5, copy.
02:44
And other companies, go ahead and cancel.
02:49
If we need, we'll ask for help further later.
02:57
One copies.
02:59
Truck 4 is going to handle us.
03:00
The town one's back in service.
03:04
5, copy. We'll be back in service.
03:08
Truck 1 for Battalion 1.
03:12
Truck 1 for Battalion 1.
03:18
Mr. Truck 1.
03:23
Your champ fix.
03:30
for truck one.
03:33
How much long do you guys got it's tower?
03:42
We can be done whenever we're thinking maybe 30 minutes.
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