Gas odor discovered from rooftop heating unit at building, Lake Katrine NY
Fire & ArsonFirefighters responded to a building near Rte 9W in Lake Katrine, NY, after a gas odor was detected from a large rooftop heating unit. The tenant had purged gas lines due to an issue with the heater. The gas supply to the rooftop unit was shut off as a precaution while fire personnel secured the area and conducted operations to address the suspected gas leak. There was concern about a cracked heat exchanger and issues with the thermostat in part of the building.
Audio|Source: Ulster Hose Company 5 Fire Ground
03:12
Transcript:
00:00
TruckWam, might be better off for you loop around and come back by engine 2.
00:06
Copy.
00:12
Timier Gap meter sets on the back side of the building, I'm sure if you're aware.
00:19
Yes, F4. They think there's an issue on the rooftops.
00:23
A heat exchanger might be cracked.
00:33
64 to command.
00:35
All right.
00:37
Yeah,
00:38
apparently the tenant to this building purged gas lines warn due to an issue with the heater.
00:43
I guess whoever called us in was unaware of they did such.
00:50
All right, gentlemen.
00:54
64 to truck one room
01:18
Yeah, that's one large rooftop unit.
01:22
We do have odor of gas from it.
01:24
All right, Temple, are you able to shut that down?
01:30
That's affirmative.
01:31
I can go ahead and shut that down now.
01:33
It'll kill a desperate to this unit.
01:35
All right, perfect.
01:40
Santa 64.
01:42
Go ahead.
01:45
You did copy the gas coming from the rooftop unit?
01:48
Yeah, it's a permanent.
01:50
We tried to fire the thermostat in this part of the building.
01:54
He picked on and kicked right back off.
01:56
So maybe that's related to the issue.
01:58
Central House don't want to check that when you get here.
02:00
All right, ten four.
02:07
We have to command the gas zone security and anything further from you here? All right? When you sign the locks and none of us up.
02:22
All right.
02:25
Your last message?
02:29
You gonna need anything else from me up here? The gas is secured to the unit.
02:35
No, no, you can secure the roof, thank you.
02:44
Building Department at 9-08.
02:53
Let's see if I can't get up onto this four-foot parapet wall.
03:05
Do you want the parapet ladder?
03:10
I should be able to make it.
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Location mentioned:
Near Rte 9W, Lake Katrine, NY 12449
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