Carbon monoxide incident at large Liberetown church, Libertytown MD
Fire & ArsonA large religious facility in Libertytown had elevated carbon monoxide levels throughout the building. Emergency services triaged and treated 25 patients with varying severity at a pavilion near Station 17. Ventilation operations were ongoing to clear the hazardous gases.
Audio|Source: Frederick County Fire - Digital
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Transcript:
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3M.S task force is complete.
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Appreciate it.
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Command all units respond to the EMS Task Force on Church Street and Libertytown.
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Just a repeat announcement.
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Sure to be staging at Station 17 and operating on 9 Fox Trot.
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Nine Fox Trot.
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Parametic Engine 23 will be the staging officer.
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So, Kenamedic, 19, on 9 Fox Trupp.
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29 Foxshot operations will be there.
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You're going to Station 17.
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Her staging, go direct with Paramagnet engine 23.
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They're the staging officer.
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MS branch is okay.
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UMS branch is a grant for an update.
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We currently have 12 yellow being evaluated and treated in a pavilion.
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We have 13 green being evaluated and treated.
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MS branch, you broke up.
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I heard 12 yellow, 13 green, is that correct?
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That's affirmative, 12 yellow, 13 green.
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Currently being treated in place.
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Okay.
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Great Churchry Command, 60-minute, 6-0-minute IDR.
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Again,
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large religious facility with HACO readings throughout.
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We're in the process of ventilation.
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We are triaging all personnel that were inside the building area of the high readings.
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We're currently evaluating a total of 25, 25 patients within the EMS branch.
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Strayer's 17th.
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Command of the Ventilation Group.
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Be ahead for ventilation group.
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Carrol Rescue Squad 8 and Tower 1 states in the upper parking lot.
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They will be assigned to you once you need additional resources.
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If I keep cutting out, losing service in the building.
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All I heard, Carroll Rescue Squad 8 was on scene.
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All right, I got Carroll Rescue Squad 8 in Tower 1.
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They're staged in the upper parking lot, and they're here for you if you need any additional ventilation resources.
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An emergency exit that comes out on the delta side of the building.
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If we could set up fans there, that'll hit the area where the edgeback systems and the hot water heaters are.
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Those are unable to put the air under right now and that'll help clear the air up to the first floor.
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Okay,
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Carroll Rescue Squad 8, two fans, the emergency exit area on the Delta side of the building.
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You'll report to the captain off of Engine Tanker 114, the ventilation group leader.
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Squadita, okay.
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Got it.
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This is the EMS branch on nine box shot.
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Were you legated?
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The EMS branch is at the incident scene.
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We're located in the pavilion, which is our triage treatment center,
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on the Bravo Charlie corner of the church activity builder.
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The large pavilion with gray,
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plastic PVC,
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tarps all around it.
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Okay.
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Engine 9-1 in service and quarters.
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Venned 9-1 in service, 1713.
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Ventilation group supervisor to come in the end.
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The ventilation group supervisor gets.
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Okay, if I'm going to have the cockpit, just going to fall into the rooms we've already ventilated and confirm that the readings are still going down.
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Just for your information, they got all the rooms on the first floor to 10 parts of million of carbon monoxide,
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and then fill them up and over the windows.
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So we have natural ventilation continuing, but they were still off from the sands.
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Cam Direct.
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The only other area concerned then is going to be that ag area.
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So as we pressurize that building, we're going to need to make sure we clear that attic area before we'll leave.
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So I don't know if you need to need to be tower one to use some attic ladders to get up there, but we'll need to make sure that area is clear.
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If you have tower one,
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perform that attic check, that would be perfect for us.
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Tower one,
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four gas meters in an attic ladder and access the attic area of that structure and the pitch.
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Power one's okay.
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You know, I'm okay. Okay.
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