Gas leak investigation finds no odor or hazard at apartment, Fairfax County VA
Fire & ArsonFire and emergency teams responded to a reported gas leak odor in a three-story garden apartment near West Oaks Road. They conducted thorough checks of apartments and building areas. No gas odors or hazardous readings were found by responders or building maintenance using detectors. No residents reported illness, and the scene was cleared without any dangers or incidents.
Audio|Source: Fairfax County Police, Fire and EMS
07:24
Transcript:
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Ambulance 421 Echo on Channel (number withheld), EMS level 3, near West Oaks Road, Fire Academy, cross street, West Oaks Road.
00:11
Ambulance 421 Echo on channel (number withheld), Box (number withheld), EMS level 3, near West Oaks Road, Fire Academy, cross street, West Oaks Road.
00:30
Engine 424, Matic 424.
00:33
On Channel 4 Bravo, Fox, (number withheld), EMS level 1, near Richmond Highway, rain carpet in, cross street, Martha Street.
00:44
Engine 424, Metac 424,
00:47
on Channel 4, Bravo, Fox, (number withheld), EMS level 1, near Richmond Highway, rain carpet in, cross street, Martha Street.
01:02
It's going to give me Tower 4 to assist the investigation and one of the transport units to sign out for the building check on the occupants.
01:12
I'm direct.
01:14
Are you going to use the hydrogen in front of the building?
01:19
Correct. Engine 423 can move up.
01:24
Tower-4-3, you direct on their transmission, aimless 423, same thing, move in recon zone.
01:31
I'm direct on here.
01:33
Situation report,
01:35
three-story garden apartment labeled Terrace 1-2.
01:41
Terror, you can move up.
01:56
Car 50 Alpha.
02:02
50 Alpha, alpha.
02:04
We have a possible suicide threat area 5 for 1.
02:12
I'm direct. You should be clearing here in one second.
02:16
10-4[1]. We're going to try the quadrant.
02:22
Tower 4-3 is going to check 1 and 2.
02:27
Direct, do we have any kind of odor or readings?
02:33
No order or readings.
02:34
Also, building maintenance has already been in the building. He said he's found nothing.
02:37
He had a lead detector with him.
02:41
Direct, have we located the gas service?
02:47
We do have valves, terrace level,
02:50
alpha quadrant.
02:52
I have not found a meter.
02:58
Copy, so to confirm we've had no odors nor readings at this time, you're investigating third floor, apartment three,
03:09
tower ladders, ladders, doing apartments one and two.
03:14
Negative. Department three is on the terrace levels.
03:16
It's one, two, three on terrace.
03:19
The 100 and 200 series are on one and two,
03:23
tower four threes there.
03:29
I'm correct.
03:34
Tower 403 engine 4.3.
03:37
Go ahead.
03:40
When I approached, there was an occupant from the Alpha Quadrant apartment on the second floor yelled out the she's found gas as well.
03:55
Tower 43, sir.
04:03
Battalion 404 is on the scene and I'll be reporting to command.
04:24
If it turned out to the suicide threat, the employee is going to be a (name withheld), 24-year-old male,
04:29
green hoodie, blue jeans, tan timberland workgroups,
04:33
possibly has a fishing knife on him.
04:40
(number withheld).
04:48
Everyone out in front of the building says they're okay.
04:51
No illnesses.
04:55
I'm direct, no illness.
05:01
(number withheld), on Channel 4, Bravo, Fox, (number withheld), EMS level 1, near Red House Drive, cross street, Regimental Court.
05:13
Engine 438, Matick 417, on Channel 4 Bravo, Box (number withheld), EMS Level 1, near Redhouse Drive, cross street, Regimental Court.
05:33
Engine 423 command.
05:38
Good.
05:41
If your status is unchanged, no odors, no readings,
05:46
are you comfortable handling this with one in one? One.
05:53
Everybody's hit?
05:56
Sam, let me check my last apartment.
06:01
Copy.
06:06
from engine 403 right bucket command command we've gone to us side alpha side bravo side charlie no readings on his stir correct command from the tower four's one and two are clear.
06:35
Direct, floors 1 and 2, clear.
06:42
Command, engine 423, 23, all units on the terrace level are clear. Comfort with 1 in 1 and 1 drop on the channel.
06:51
I'm direct.
06:53
Floor 3 clear.
06:55
Fairfax, from Command.
06:58
Command, go ahead.
07:01
Building's been checked, no odors, no readings.
07:05
We're going to hold this with Tower 403, Engine 423,
07:10
release all of the units, and release the channel.
07:16
And for holding Tower 403, Engine 423, all other units going in service.
07:21
Command is terminated, Channel 4 Delta is clear.
07:23
(number withheld).
Police codes explained
The following codes appeared in the transcript and are explained below:
[1]
10-4: Acknowledgment or affirmative; message received and understood.
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Location mentioned:
W Oaks Dr, Virginia 22030
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