Active water leak reported at nycha building near baruch, New York NY
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An active hot water leak at the NYCHA building near Baruch caused the shut-off valve to fail. Emergency crew requested to isolate water because no isolation valves can be found, requiring shutting off water to the entire building.
Audio|Heard on: FDNY - Manhattan Dispatch
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Transcript:
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Box 272, Apartment 3, Edward in the NYCHA building at 60 Baruch reports an active water leak in the hot water line, it snapped.
00:07
Shut-off valve is not working.
00:09
Notify NYCHA that they need an emergency crew there to shut it off because no isolation valves can be found and the water would have to be shut off to the whole building.
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Time 440, emergency response is code 3[1].
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[1]
code 3: Emergency response requiring lights and sirens.
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Delancey St, New York, NY 10002
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