Hazardous fuel leak from school bus on Chesapeake Blvd, Norfolk VA
Fire & ArsonEmergency responders dealt with a hazardous fuel leak from a school bus near Chesapeake Boulevard and I-64 in Norfolk, VA. The leak came from a fill valve on the bus's side. A five-foot safety zone was set up around the bus. Crews secured the leak temporarily with a plug and worked to shut off all the tank valves. Transportation and maintenance supervisors were contacted for support.
Audio|Source: Virginia Beach EMS
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Transcript:
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We have reports of a white Dodge truck.
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64 westbound on the exit ramp.
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Tesapeake Boulevard, do you have any cameras on that?
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That's this time.
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All right, see you thank.
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Good.
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You start housing that long.
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And also see if you can contact transportation, school bus, mechanics, see if they have anybody on duty we can talk to.
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Copy.
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Okay,
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19, 920 for breathing difficulty.
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(number withheld) Farrell Parkway at the Harris Theater.
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Copy you responding.
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Okay, copy you responding.
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How about a 54-year-old female?
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Brain difficulty is older at 835.
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Go ahead.
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Can you bring over these a pack out with the ratchets in it?
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Rescue on a claim.
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Go ahead, rescue.
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and just give you an update.
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It is actively leaking out of one of the fill valves on the side of the bus.
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We're trying to access the tank to shut off all the valves.
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We'll call it a five-foot hot zone around the bus.
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We have no LEL readings.
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All right, many copies.
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We've got a five-foot exclusion zone around the bus, and we're working on getting to some valve recording now.
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Also,
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we got a request in for a transportation supervisor to contact us about potential maintenance personnel.
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21,
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1621S, no medic 9 for cardiac (number withheld) Whitney Court at 838.
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That's that one command.
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Go ahead, Azamette one.
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That's enough for the other location.
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Copy.
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You all have access to get in through the bus garage area and you'll see Hasmat ones, or rest of the one's location.
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Go ahead, the rescue one.
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We secured the leak right now with a plug.
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We're still attempting to access the tank to shut all the vows down.
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Location mentioned:
Chesapeake Blvd, Norfolk, VA
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