Gas leak investigation leads to partial evacuation at high school, Maryville TN
Fire & ArsonA gas leak was reported at Maryville High School near Cunningham Road. Fire units and a construction crew investigated and found a small leak in the gas line. A partial evacuation of the school was ordered to ensure safety while the leak was addressed.
Audio|Source: Blount County Public Safety
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Transcript:
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On Center, Marable Fire, I've got to report the gas leak at Maryville High School near Cunningham Road.
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Tower 1, Battalion 1, Squad 1.
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Copy Tara 1, Battalion, Squad 1.
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Senator all units en route.
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Copy all units en route.
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I've got to run route to Maryville High School for a report of a gas leak near Cunningham Road.
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I want to make sure.
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Go ahead.
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We're right here at Mountain View.
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He wants to head that way also.
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I was just saying father.
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Romeo 16.
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We're going to leave back in service.
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We were canceled on scene by,
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no medical need.
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Medicaid,
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what have you available? What was your all-scene time?
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About one minute ago.
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Copy Medicaid, you'll post back station one.
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It's all seen.
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Are this due to construction?
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Matt and the guys are pointing over here to where the bulldozer is.
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Many forward destinations.
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Committee for destination.
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If I'm seeing there and they investigate, can you let me know if we need to evacuate the school?
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Good for example.
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I have a chalk hazard, near Louisville Road.
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Pretty on the cross, we're off between two locations, visors sheet metal in the roadway.
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104. 104. 104.
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Delta non.
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I'm going to go ahead.
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I made contact with a subject who lives nearby and advised that she does own the goats.
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She is currently in Florida.
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Advise that a drunk driver had hit the fence.
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Somewhere near the curve, and that's where the goats are getting out, and she's not home to fix it.
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She has a son that works in Cookville.
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He says he can't respond.
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She has another son that works in Knoxville.
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She's attempting to get a hold of him at this time.
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Ten Ford.
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If you just put her number in the call, I'll call her.
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These goats are going to have to go to countryside.
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They've been attacked by an animal or some kind.
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That's where they're going to have to get.
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Two, four.
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On center, Cunningham command.
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Command, go ahead.
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Is that been contacted?
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We're on the phone with him now.
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Okay, cops, thank you.
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Are we going to need to evacuate the high school there?
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Well, we've got people making entry now, you know, in just a second.
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10-4[1], thank you.
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Battalion One, the construction crew is using a probe in order to locate the gas line.
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It is a pinhole leak.
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It's not leaking a whole lot.
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Chases inside, checking in the classroom now.
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Okay.
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I got atmosphere with me.
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See, that's a negative if you'll just stand by.
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Dispatch 9, quick clear that's all any, what would you like?
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Medic 9, you could post to Station 1 break.
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Medics, 60, Medic 2, Post Corp.
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They're getting over and now.
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Slide 1 command.
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You find anything inside?
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Advise the SRO, we need to evacuate this whole end of the building to midway through the school, put them on the other side of the school,
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or in the cafeteria somewhere, get them out, get them away from this end of the building.
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132. Are you out with the fire?
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Yes, here I copy.
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Thank you.
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If we need to set kind of ventilation to keep it from going out the whole building, let's go ahead and do that if they're already smelled it in the hallways.
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Okay,
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now just make sure that SRO gets everybody on the far end of the building, as far away as they can from this.
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And then let me know who out the building where you stop smelling it.
Police codes explained
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10-4: Acknowledgment/OK
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Location mentioned:
Near Lawrence Ave, Maryville, TN 37803
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