Firefighters respond to gas leak with evacuation, Miami Dade County FL
Fire & ArsonFirefighters responded to a building on SW 107th Ave after reports of a gas leak and possible hazardous materials. Evacuation and ventilation were underway. Utilities including gas and electrical were shut off. A bedridden person inside the building required rescue from an upper floor. Hazmat teams began metering the air, and teams used fans to ventilate stairwells to clear gas. The gas company confirmed they do not service this address but the meter next door. Rescue operations continued to ensure safety.
Audio|Source: Miami-Dade Fire Rescue Fireground Channels
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Transcript:
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41 standby.
00:01
Command's engine 58.
00:03
Come on.
00:05
All right. Go ahead.
00:09
All right, you sent us the last unit, you just bed bound.
00:14
That's affirmative, one of the units, the husband is bedridden.
00:19
We need help getting them out.
00:22
Understood.
00:23
Command 2Lescue 4-1, I'm going to redirect you to the third floor with any 58 system with that patient or that person.
00:32
Copy, third floor, redirecting.
00:40
Andrew 17 to command.
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17 go.
00:50
Command, I might have missed it, but has gas been tried to be, has the gas tried to be shut off to the building?
00:58
You're unreadable.
01:03
Command, we might have missed it, but has the gas to the building attempt that have been shut off or hasn't been shut off?
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We're attempting now. I got a injured 48 on it.
01:16
So everything, copy.
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17, we'll treat you.
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17, two minutes out.
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Good job.
01:38
That's my one, I'm arriving right now.
01:42
All right, has one I see you.
01:48
Rescue 2-9 to command.
01:51
Two-9 to command.
01:54
Charlie side staircases mean charges gas maybe we could ventilate it. See there's an exit towards the seaside.
02:04
Okay, what stairwell was that?
02:11
Stairwell number two.
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Stairwell number two on that Charlie side, correct?
02:21
C.O.
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Copy.
02:26
Commander 2 engine 5A driver.
02:29
All right, standby, standby.
02:37
Command engine 4A.
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4A, go.
02:43
Hey,
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since you're on the Charlie's side already, see if you can have your driver take a fan to that site that you're on the Charlie side to stairwell number two.
02:56
Already, coach the main gas line we're showing off now.
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We also have access to electrical or if you need that to be pulled as well.
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Yeah,
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if you have access,
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if you have access on the outside of it, then go ahead and secure it.
03:19
Agent 6A, we're arrival on 107 to have you staging.
03:29
Ladder 13 arrival, stage on 107.
03:36
Ladder 13 and 16 are copy.
03:37
Command what he needs.
03:41
All right, all unit stand by for a second.
03:47
Command of Hazenat 1.
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Go for Hazmat[1] 1.
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I'm going to make you Hazmat[1] group. We're ahead and get you guys to start metering.
04:04
Copy that. Hasmat group. We're in a meter. Which floor do you want to meter the port?
04:11
Yeah,
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we can start with the fourth.
04:21
Seventeen a hazmat group.
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GoPro hazmat group.
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Boy,
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let me know what you need. You want to see about their meter? You want to bring some vans, the Mennel League.
04:39
I'm gonna start on the fourth floor if you want to make your way to the third floor and meet with that.
04:45
17, copy third floor.
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All right, engine 17, now I'm going to attach you to Azna Group.
04:55
All right, copy.
05:06
1948 to command.
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48, go.
05:16
All right, the gas has been shut off, electrical has been shut off as well,
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and we have our van on the fourth floor.
05:28
You have your fan on the fourth floor?
05:32
That's correct, is that the location you need it?
05:36
All right, standby, I think 29 needed it in the stairwell.
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Command 2 rescue tonight.
05:46
29, go ahead.
05:50
All right, what did you need to fend? Did you need at the bottom of the stairwell?
05:55
We just need to push the air out.
05:58
So bottom or the top, we're just going to push, we're going to ventilate the stairwell until it's clear.
06:07
Currently we're up on top.
06:10
All right, I understand, do we have an opening at the top so we can send it?
06:20
The tile in the route.
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11, copy 11.29.
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Command engine for you.
06:41
All right, go ahead.
06:43
Yeah,
06:45
rescue 29's on the 4th, so just get with him and see where exactly he needs it.
06:52
48 coverage.
06:58
The county took him in.
07:01
Command Go.
07:03
Can you try to get somebody to verify the gas company? Florida City Gas is advising they do not service this address. They service next door. They have a meter next door, 400 South Plus 107th Avenue, but they don't service the address in question.
07:18
Okay, I'll work on it.
07:20
Copy. They're still sending a unit to check it out, but just verify.
07:30
Command 2 engine 40 driver.
07:37
That's affirmative. You should be on the trolley side, correct? You're outside.
07:47
All right, on that gas meter, do you see anything identifying the gas company?
07:57
All right,
07:59
coffee.
Police codes explained
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Hazmat: Hazardous materials incident
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