Building laundry room evacuated due to elevated carbon monoxide, Columbus OH
Fire & ArsonEmergency crews responded to elevated carbon monoxide levels in a building laundry room in Columbus, Ohio. The source appeared to be a furnace with a disconnected exhaust. Gas was shut off and ventilation efforts were underway with gas company representatives present. Residents in the lobby were being monitored as CO levels decreased.
Audio|Source: Columbus Division of Fire, Franklin County Fire and EMS
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Transcript:
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The tire one's all the scene.
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Go ahead, Ladder 2.
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It's giving up a day what we have.
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We are on the lobby floor.
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We are in the laundry room.
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We have about 50 parts per million in the laundry room.
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It looks like an exhaust type was knocked off.
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One of the furnaces,
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we have all the gas turned off in the laundry room.
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But we're still not coming down at all.
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We do have some ventilation issues here.
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So when the additional ladder and additional engine get here, if you can send the ladder up with additional fans and then the engine crew to go above,
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the lobby area to check the levels above the lobby pool.
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Command Compton, lobby's on the set of floor, right?
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Standby, let me check.
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I'm not under Fisher, just as lobby on the elevator.
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Standby.
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Command, copy.
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Agent 2, let's go to the upper floor, start checking those floors to the beginning and gas.
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Latter 1 with your Rye, meet up with Ladder 2 on the lobby floor.
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Matter 1, copy, we're on the team.
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We'll wrap the fan.
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Union 2, copy.
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Going above.
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Command commander 2, the lobby is the 6th wall.
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Command copy, 6'4.
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We do have the gas company rep here on seeing up here on the lobby floor with us.
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In the lobby area, I got about 18 parts per million.
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I don't have much outside of that.
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Outside the lobby to know there are still people in the lobby.
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Hey, my.
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Agent 17, you're getting Medicaid-817.
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If not too late, we'll take our all accident and you can't see Medicaid.
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(number withheld) EMS 1, Medic (number withheld), (number withheld) South Point Boulevard, Caesar, cross of Buffalo Court and Owets Road.
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Medic (number withheld), (number withheld) South Point Boulevard, Caesar.
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Respond on 9 EMS1.
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This is Medic 18, just double-tracking if we're canceled.
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Yeah, we're jumping on that.
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I didn't hear it coming out.
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What's my best?
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Medic 19 just got on the scene here,
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talking to the drivers.
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Steam on the 18, you can cancel.
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from Ladder 2.
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Command,
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go ahead, Ladder 2.
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Just to get an update on the CO and the laundry.
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We started about 80% per million.
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We're down to about 45.
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We're just trying to get it ventilated out.
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We're going to get it ventilated out. We're going to get enough to get it moving.
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Command 2,
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Engine 2, you've made to the 7-4 yet.
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