Response to hazmat incident at City Water Works, Elkhart IN

Fire & Arson

Reported: 08/20/2025 08:02 AM (PDT)

Near N Main St, Elkhart, IN 46514

Emergency teams are responding to a hazardous materials situation at a city water facility. They are concerned about a possible hazardous plume affecting nearby areas. Crews are currently decontaminating and wrapping up their work.

Audio|Source: Elkhart, Goshen & Elkhart County Police, Fire & EMS

02:53

Transcript:
(name withheld) 317. (name withheld), would you get a hold of St. Joe, Michigan County, dispatch, and let them know we may have a plume coming their way. Operations come in. Command, go ahead. Our teams are exhausted, so I say that we have them get out of their suits and get everything cleaned up. I agree with that. Thank you. Cell cars, North Street Command. Go ahead. Just for my 1043, was I able to get any manpower in on callback? We sent out the page. Nobody ever went on 1041 with me. Clear, thank you. 9-240 dispatch. I'm 1023, 501. 1040. North Street Command. Hey, hey, how are you though? Hey, how are you? (name withheld), would you have Squad 2 report to fleeing for me, please? Deadmore. Command Medi-21 is also returning to scene. Copy, thank you. Squad 2, miscellaneous fire response. 921 North Main Street. City Water Works. Respond on HAZMAT[1]. Higher 4, fire 2. No, car (number withheld). Go ahead. (number withheld). Is this exercise over? Do you run here reports any recent (number withheld)? Negative from command. 1012, all ATL, now since we've been on shift. 105 from Squad 2. 105, Go, Squad 2. 390, 37, 60, 9,0,000, reset, 50, Ford, no, beds. Exercise, Exercise, Exercise, Squad 2 report to the scene 921 and May Street. Exercise.

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HAZMAT: Hazardous Materials Incident

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Sound first. We have people down just outside the city building right here by the tracks. Elkhart, Battalion, 105. 105. Delcart, start me another medic to this location, please. Also, start me the truck company. 105. 105. 105, fire two, I'm on scene. Copy that, Fire 2. Fire 2, be advised you're going to be my operations officer on this call. (name withheld). Alcott, fine you're 11 something. Fire 11. Alcott. Fire 2, do we have any of the personnel from Public Works on scene that we can talk to? We can TXM. Just back to Bristol, standby for special announcement. 511, be advised you're going to be my safety officer. All units inbound to the hazmat incident. We're going to stage by squad one. We'll set command up there. Incoming medic unit, I need you to go down to Beardsley and cut up north on Gordon and stage behind us on Crawford. This is 921. Dispatch Bristol, special announcement, Nipsco advising, County Road 4, between County Road 29, County Road 131, will be closed to all traffic for the next couple of hours. Again, County Road 4 between County Road 29 and County Road 131, close to all traffic. Engine 6, park out of the way. is going to be behind engine six. Has one pull up in front of 105? Front unit 10, face to face at 105. Heart one's clear, hurt one is on scene. Medic. 24, and truck 18. Miscellaneous fire response, 921 North Main Street. City Waterworks. Medic 24, and Truck 18. Miscellaneous fire response, 921 North Main Street. City Water Works. Operations Command, like Deacon set up with Fire Unit 10, and I'd also like air monitoring in place. Battalion 15 Elkhart, can you advise engine 6 location they never went on scene with Elkar? Exercise, exercise, exercise, exercise medic 24 and truck 18 respond. Exercise, exercise, exercise medic 24 and truck 18 respond. Elkhart, Engine 6 is going to be on scene at the hazmat call on North Main. squad one command. Two six outclass clear. Command operations. Command op. Command go off. We have three public works employees. They're all down. We know that there's a chlorine audible alarm going off. So we're going to have to get a recon team. Decon set up so that we can get the patients removed for the medics. A-firm on that. Dispash, Battalion 105, Hasch Channel. 10-5. Dispatch for Adam 371-104. 7-4. Elkhart, I'm going to need the operations chief to make an all call-out for hazmatier techs. And we're also going to have to have him make a call out for additional manpower backfill rigs, please. General. Engine 7.511, we're going to use your water for detail. I'll have heard engine three is on scene. Two, three. Let's designate this North Main Command. Seltkart, North Main Command. Be advised I need another bus to this location. Ten, four. We'll get a Mc25-round. Thank you and just let me know what buses I got coming. Break, Mid-E21, Command. Go ahead, command. Go ahead, command. Medi-21, you're going to be my transport bus. I need you to come from staging. to have one and get ready to transport. Copy. We'll be backing North on Main Street. Battalion 105, Elkirk. You should have Meg 21, Meg 24 on scene. Meg 25 should be en route. Alcar Deans, be advised. Metac 25 is on a real call. Meta 22 will be your bus. dispatch, bugger 122 will be in route to Elkhart General.

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08/20/2025 06:32 AM (PDT)

Near N Main St, Elkhart, IN 46514

9243 dispatch. Okay, which is six. 9243. Fire an 11, can you repeat your traffic? Action 6th. Partying 11 is en route to the hazmat exercise. Fire unit 11. I'll be out with, I believe, is (name withheld) at the single four. We'll continue to turn on that name. Elkhart, Hurt 1 is en route with engine 7. Do we have a wind direction? (name withheld) we've been dealing for the past few days. Time 4. Light and variable out of the south. Hurt 1 is clear. Is that the well-feed? 616 dispatch. Here you set my vision, please. Exercise operator on the hazmat channel. Time 4. Dispatch 3 out of 371, 104. Cellcar, you can mark Battalion 105 on scene. Italian 105. Engine 4, Squad 1. Dispatch 3, Adam, 371, 104. Dispatch 3, Adam, 371, 104. Go for 4s. Sound first. We have people down just outside the city building right here by the tracks. Elkhart, Battalion, 105. 105. Delcart, start me another medic to this location, please. Also, start me the truck company. 105. 105. 105, fire two, I'm on scene. Copy that, Fire 2. Fire 2, be advised you're going to be my operations officer on this call. Claire. Alcott, fine you're 11 something. Fire 11. Alcott. Fire 2, do we have any of the personnel from Public Works on scene that we can talk to? We can TXM. Just back to Bristol, standby for special announcement. 511, be advised you're going to be my safety officer. All units inbound to the hazmat incident. We're going to stage by squad one. We'll set command up there. Incoming medic unit, I need you to go down to Beardsley and cut up north on Gordon and stage behind us on Crawford. This is 921. Dispatch Bristol, special announcement, Nipsco advising, County Road 4, between County Road 29, County Road 131, will be closed to all traffic for the next couple of hours. Again, County Road 4 between County Road 29 and County Road 131, close to all traffic. Engine 6, park out of the way. is going to be behind engine six. Has one pull up in front of 105? Front unit 10, face to face at 105. Heart one's clear, hurt one is on scene. Medic. 24, and truck 18. Miscellaneous fire response, 921 North Main Street. City Waterworks. Medic 24, and Truck 18. Miscellaneous fire response, 921 North Main Street. City Water Works. Operations Command, like Deacon set up with Fire Unit 10, and I'd also like air monitoring in place. Battalion 15 Elkhart, can you advise engine 6 location they never went on scene with Elkar? Exercise, exercise, exercise, exercise medic 24 and truck 18 respond. Exercise, exercise, exercise, exercise medic 24 and truck 18 respond. Elkhart, Engine 6 is going to be on scene at the hazmat call on North Main. squad one command. Two six outclass clear. Command operations. Command op. Command go off. We have three public works employees. They're all down. We know that there's a chlorine audible alarm going off. So we're going to have to get a recon team. Decon set up so that we can get the patients removed for the medics. A-firm on that. Dispash, Battalion 105, Hasch Channel. 10-5[2]. Dispatch for Adam 371-104. 7-4. Elkhart, I'm going to need the operations chief to make an all call-out for hazmatier techs. And we're also going to have to have him make a call out for additional manpower backfill rigs, please. General. Engine 7.511, we're going to use your water for detail. I'll have heard engine three is on scene. Two, three. Let's designate this North Main Command. Seltkart, North Main Command. Be advised I need another bus to this location. Ten, four. We'll get a Mc25-round. Thank you and just let me know what buses I got coming. Break, Mid-E21, Command. Go ahead, command. Go ahead, command. Medi-21, you're going to be my transport bus. I need you to come from staging. to have one and get ready to transport. Copy. We'll be backing North on Main Street. Battalion 105, Elkirk. You should have Meg 21, Meg 24 on scene. Meg 25 should be en route. Alcar Deans, be advised. Metac 25 is on a real call. Meta 22 will be your bus. dispatch, bugger 122 will be in route to Elkhart General. 122. 10-4[1]. Batani 105, Meg. 2 will be in route. Clear, thank you. Petitian 105, truck 18 is in route as well. Telfare, truck 18 is in route. Well, I want to be clear in the bill. 104. It's coming out on the Kind of Road 4 now. Stand for you. Let me stay up here in case it goes north or just head out. Exercise. Exercise. Exercise. Exercise Netic 22, response 921 on Main Street possible chlorine leak. Exercise. Exercise. Exercise. Exercise Netic 22 response 921. on Main Street possible chlorine leak. I'm not 27 in it right now. Okay, for the 6th, 27 on the vehicle. I had 10-4 and pause, call. This is Asking, 945. 4.365. 945 will be out of service, 9.61, be back in service as central. Vehicle is central. The vehicle is still driving, pulling in the parking lot, of one hotel. Which complained, David Robert, Mary. 4897, DRM 48997. 10.4. Stop for. Alpha 112. Aircraft, General, mileage is your room. 10-4. Medic. 22. Miscellaneous fire response. 921 North Main Street. City Water Works. Medic 22. Miscellaneous fire response. 921 North Main Street. City Water Works. 1360, back to service. I'm going to stand out. Don't be at the courtyard in the area. 1760. Tire, time for. Fire four, fire two. Did you have exercise? At least level A's. Yes, sitting in the back of the right thing. Medic 22. Medique 24. Battalion 105 off channels. Gurkie Colch. Good, Bill. There's a plug in the front yard of the building. You just using that one then? Yeah, you'll need two sections of two and a half. Oh, got it 22. I met a 22. Do we have a radio channel for this exercise? It's going to be the hazmat channel, hazmat channel. Clear, Hazanet Channel, thank you. Just match, 9243-104. 10-4. Volume incoming units to the hazmat call, please stage at Battalion 105. 104. 922 is clear, staging at 105. Trucking team's clear, staging at 105. We're also on-change staging right now. 405 is clear.

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Wellfield in North Maine, a polling lake detected, no contact made, approximately one minute. It's possibly testing requests during route, well field on North Maine. This will be exercise, exercise, exercise, exercise. Also requests all hazmat personnel. Breaking 1028. 14. Indiana Transport Place (number withheld). (number withheld). (number withheld). (number withheld). Okay. Did it have a year associated with it? No and 26. 519, 3401. Franklin and I'm good. TX myself. 104. 347, awkward 10.4. I'm not getting that 1028 back in fall. What's the code for a transport plate? There is multiple. I tried TK, I tried apportioned, and I tried commercial. Street Department at Woodsburg from Beardsley to Mishawapa Sank will be closed for paving until $1,900 hours today. Per Street Department as Woodsburg from Beardsley to the Shiawapa Sank will be closed for paving until $1,900 hours today. Perfect for Adam, 248, 10.4. 140 dispatch. 9.140. GIS is going to have a 45 alarm. If you could just make sure you don't dispatch the fire department, that'd be great. 10.4. We're going to activate it at 9.30. 10.4. Exercise, exercise, exercise, possible chlorine leak, 921 North Main Street. Exercise, exercise, exercise, possible chlorine leak, 921 North Main Street. Elkhart, Medic. 25. Medic. 25, do not to the hospital. 9243, signal 59. Exercise, exercise, exercise, all units responding to the hazmat. Please go to Hasmat channel. Dispatch 9243, signal 59. Catch 9243, signal 59. Okay, squad 1. Squad 1. Show squad 1, a route to the exercise. Squad 1. Nice, this is Jet Squad. Go ahead. Elkhart, Engine 4. It's a 1050[1] at Python, Indiana. ISP advise, they do have a Trooper 1023, but he's not answering this radio. Kill Engine 4, along with Fire Unit 10 in route to this exercise as well. Sam 4. from downtown. Elkhart, Engine 3. Techmore. Edge 3. Can you show Engine 3 in route to the exercise as well? Talbot. Elkhart, Medi-21 is en route to the exercise. Tavel. 9-2-40-9-96. 9-96. You can signal 9. I can get that. What's your 1020? Elkhart, Battalion 105. Elkhart, Squad 1, Battalion 105 will be en route to the exercise. Have all units transferred to Hazmat Channel. Thank you. Any unit in route to the exercise go to the Hasmat Channel. Play in front of the exercise. I might be a little closer rocket. 105 from squad 2. SELCARV, fire 2. Fire 2. 9523 dispatch. 9523. Fire 2 is in route to the half-minute exercise. I'm going to be out at Wendy's with the Trunker. Fire 2. Fire 2.2523, 10-9[2]. Cellcar. Battalion 105, Casmat Channel. Elkhart 5.25-205.5.5.25. 95.25.000. H. H. H. H. H. Kalkar, can you give me the notes of MPTs down? 104.000. Do you notify streets of debris from the 1050 in the roadway? Affirmative. 10.4. Thank you.

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