Battery smoke detected inside medical center in Los Angeles, Los Angeles CA
Fire & ArsonFire crews responded to smoke off-gassing from a lithium-ion battery inside a medical equipment cart at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles. No active fire was found, but the smoke affected patient areas. Crews worked to ventilate the space and safely move the equipment outside.
Audio|Source: Los Angeles City Fire - Grounds
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Transcript:
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Engine 458, you got the Zion 18 on the scene, go and give me a rundown to what you have.
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Engine 458, 114 from the Italian 18.
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Up on 14, 458.
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Yeah, engine 458, you got Battalion 18 on teams.
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Give me a right now what you have.
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Chief, what we have here is a med cart,
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essentially two feet by six feet by a footfish,
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off gassing on a floor that we're unable to get it to open air.
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And as we see it right now, the aroma is getting to patient floors.
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So we're trying to figure out the best route to get it outside to open air.
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No fire, just smoke.
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All members are on air at this moment.
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Okay, I copy.
01:11
Do you need more personnel to assist?
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Right now you got a Asmat Squad 95 coming.
01:21
Negative. At this time, 45-8 is capable.
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We're trying to...
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figure out how we can get this to open air at the moment.
01:30
Are you opposed to an off-gasting lithium ion battery machine going in an elevator that's taken over to get it down two floors to get it into open air?
01:45
Let's try to wait for alternative options.
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The maintenance guy in charge of them says there are a couple thousand pounds.
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We consider to take it down the stairwell, but I don't know that we have enough manpower to carry an item that size,
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carefully or safely down.
02:09
Okay, I copy.
02:20
The Kahn 18-4-55A.
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We've also attempted to turn on the air handlers to get some of this impacted airspace exhausted to open air as well.
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They're working on that.
02:35
I just want to confirm that the I HVAC goes to the exterior and side, correct?
02:46
Confirmed maintenance on scene, that's what they're looking into before they turn it on.
02:51
Okay, I copy.
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The 9-18th dimension 4558, we can make a face-to-face at Beverly and Sherbourne, back shut of Peters.
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458, I copy, Beverly and Woolwoods across.
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Sherbourne.
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458. I'm making my way over there now.
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Padman 955 from engine 458.
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Light 4704, Perciprocine 4 radio check.
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Light 14704 and line clear.
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Here for your apparatus will be in Sherbourne and Beverly on the back side of Peter Sinai.
04:09
We're just going to, we just got here, going to anchor a wait for that tempfire.
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Setting for copy.
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Near Beverly Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90048
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