Reported gas odor prompts emergency response at South Ave, Harrisonburg VA
Fire & ArsonFire and emergency services responded to reports of an unusual odor on the first floor near South Avenue in Harrisonburg. The odor suggested a possible gas leak affecting up to five apartments at a sorority house. Columbia Gas was contacted to provide an emergency response and investigate the potential gas leak. No fire was confirmed during the investigation.
Audio|Source: Harrisonburg Fire & EMS
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Transcript:
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Okay, getting updates, we do have an odor on the first floor.
00:06
It's past one of the sniff it's 850, and we ain't got nothing on the block in yet. We're still trying to investigate to find it.
00:14
Okay.
00:16
Command[1] Radio.
00:20
Can you notify Columbia Gas for an emergency response, please?
00:25
Point is direct.
00:27
Notify Columbia Gas for emergency response.
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Near South Avenue, Unit (number withheld) Harrisonburg.
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Engine 2, and Ambulance 45.
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Response stroke blue ridge we have in nursing near South Avenue Unit (number withheld) Harrisonburg Cross Streets Rockbridge Circle and Central Avenue,
01:10
Perman's 45 responding.
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Hello, 45 responding, Lurit rehab and Nursing, near South Avenue, Room 2.24 for an 88-year-old female, conscious and breathing,
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right side, husking,
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and he does not want to go up. Slur speech has a medical history of hypertension,
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oh,
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and cardiac.
01:40
Happened about 15 minutes ago.
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Contact ECC for Walker Action Information.
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Engine four officers, come in.
01:51
Go ahead.
01:55
Can you send me a second column there for another meter?
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The permit.
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Command[1], engine one.
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We're right.
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Command[1]ant Engine 4 officer.
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Go ahead.
02:11
We'll make the investigation group. Do we need to do an investigation outside?
02:18
Affirmative. There's also exposure attached to this house.
02:21
With no set of apartments, we went in there, they smell zero-zero.
02:26
Okay, do you want Engine One's crew inside or do you want them to investigate outside?
02:36
I'll send them inside first.
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Command[1] investigation.
02:45
Go ahead.
02:50
Look at the map here, it looks like it might be as many as five apartments in there.
03:01
Okay, so it's a sorority.
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Both sides are kind of divided, like the brush out and ass there. You know, I understand they told there was only two kitchens,
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side A and side D.
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Okay.
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Paul Street, command radio.
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Command[1].
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Did Columbia have an ETA?
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Stand by.
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Command[1].
03:39
Go ahead.
03:45
Columbia Gas stated that they're responding emergent but didn't want to give an exact ETA.
03:52
Okay.
03:59
Community engine one operator.
04:11
Since this is going to be a while, let's go ahead and get your engine out of the, off of Mason Street.
Police codes explained
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Command: Incident command established/IC designation
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Location mentioned:
Near South Ave, Harrisonburg, VA 22801
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