Natural gas leaks near construction site isolated, Lincoln NE
Fire & ArsonFire crews responded to a fire alarm near a building under construction close to South 20th Street. They found two active natural gas leaks, one on the east side of the building and another near Revere Road. The area was isolated to keep people away, and the gas company was notified to handle the leaks. There were no hazardous gas readings inside the nearby building.
Audio|Source: Lincoln Fire and Rescue
06:30
Transcript:
00:00
Zone 62. Fire alarm near South 20th Street.
00:05
Respond on TAC 5[1].
00:08
Engine 8 and truck 8 respond to Zone 62.
00:12
Fire alarm near South 20th Street.
00:17
Respond on tax fly.
00:23
We have a leak on the east side of that building and we have another leak on Revere Lane.
00:32
Do not pull past where we did truck 12.
00:34
You'll go right through the gas.
00:40
It's clear, we'll come in to monitor that one building under construction.
00:46
The battalion one receives you've got two leaks.
00:53
How far apart are these leaks?
00:58
One's over on Revere Road there where you pull in and the other is just on the east side of this new construction where the back hoses are.
01:12
I think they hit something over here with the backhoe and it pulled it loose so it's leaking at both sides.
01:18
You can smell it.
01:24
Understood.
01:29
Fire alarm.
01:31
You will have tack number five.
01:38
For command.
01:43
Hey, just a reminder, the wind's coming from the west, three to four miles an hour.
01:47
Do we want Jay to move up with the engine a little bit further from the leak?
01:53
Yeah, that sounds like a good idea.
01:55
Jay, once you pull ahead,
01:57
just make sure that no one else is getting through there as well.
02:04
And it just looks like it could be a two-inch line.
02:12
The TIEM1 command, can you repeat your last transmission?
02:17
The line looks like it might be two inches.
02:22
There's two inches.
02:23
And if you missed it, Black Hills is being notified by dispatch.
02:33
Time 1 location.
02:38
On location has nothing else roads from a system care facility.
02:44
Trucking is going to have command.
02:45
We're going to be mobile, investigative mode, offensive strategy.
02:48
Make contact with staff, engine 8,
02:50
level one stage.
02:54
The NJ's location, stage, level one.
03:01
Signally, command.
03:03
Are you ready for a transfer?
03:04
Did you make you return to service?
03:09
Injury.
03:14
Tying one command.
03:19
Go for command.
03:24
Okay, just looking at things, looking at the map,
03:28
can you identify or give me a better idea where exactly the leak is in conjunction to the building and where you are?
03:40
I would say the main leak is right over here by the, there's another backhoe that's directly east of this building.
03:50
So right where I'm at, waving,
03:54
that's right where the leak is.
03:58
Okay, and then we've got a leak directly to the south where your firefighter is pointing, and those are where the two leaks are.
04:07
That is correct.
04:11
Okay,
04:12
let's isolate this area.
04:14
We've got a lot of people walking around.
04:16
Let's isolate it 300 feet.
04:18
Allow the truck 12 to get their reams on the building and we'll wait for the gas company.
04:27
Are you ready for a transfer command?
04:36
Can you hear that? Could you repeat that traffic?
04:40
Are you ready for a transfer command?
04:44
Yeah, I'm ready if you're ready.
04:48
Okay, I've got Turk 12 monitor in the building, checking on air monitoring, and I've got you guys monitoring the outside there where the leak is.
04:58
Let's reposition our rigs to block traffic.
05:01
We'll block traffic here from the west.
05:03
Do you see any need for Turk 12? I'm sorry, engine 12.
05:09
No, I think we can handle it with truck 12 and engine 6.
05:16
Okay,
05:17
we'll go ahead, engine 12 watch return of service.
05:19
Between engine 6 and truck 12, we will get things isolated with traffic block from both the east and the west, and we'll stand by for black hills.
05:31
Truck 12, command.
05:35
Go ahead, truck 12.
05:37
Yeah, we're inside the building adjacent to where the leak is, which is about 20 to 25 feet from the building, but we have zero odor and zero reading inside the structure.
05:55
Okay, understood.
05:57
I believe once we get you guys out here, we'll get this area isolated to the west of the leak, and then I think battalion won and engine 6, but this is, they don't have very good access in here.
06:08
Once we get things isolated, you guys can probably return to service.
06:13
Truck flow clear.
06:18
Engine 6.
06:22
Go for engine 6?
06:26
Blacktail's just right on location.
06:29
He's going to come up your way.
Police codes explained
The following codes appeared in the transcript and are explained below:
[1]
TAC 5: Tactical radio channel 5 designated for law enforcement communications and operations.
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Location mentioned:
Near S 20th St, Lincoln, NE 68502
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