Haze and strong smell reported at building in Rantoul, Rantoul IL
Fire & ArsonFire department responded to a haze and strong smell at a building near East Congress Avenue in Rantoul. No fire was found. Many doors were locked, and building maintenance and roof access were needed to investigate a possible HVAC issue.
Audio|Source: Champaign County Police and Fire
05:14
Transcript:
00:00
JetPain Delta response, and roll.
00:03
At near East Congress Avenue, Rantoul, cross of South Century Boulevard and South Gerard Street.
00:13
Just Payne, Delta response.
00:15
Respond on Fire Brown 5.
00:17
NetCats clear at 851.
00:23
I'd be clear, return into quarters.
00:32
1775-104. I get 376, I'm 23.
00:42
376, 104.
00:50
Go ahead.
00:53
Can you see if there's anyone with building maintenance down there? We may be requested.
00:57
We do have a haze, strong smell.
01:01
We're not finding anything at this one time, but half these, most of these doors are locked.
01:05
We're not able to get into half these doors.
01:09
Tenfore, I'll work on that.
01:19
It's here, I'll be close for.
01:25
Dan for.
01:35
161 front command.
01:39
Good.
01:41
I'm an assistant manager that's going to meet you at the front door, she has Q's and she's working on a responder.
01:48
Do we need to set off some electrical?
01:54
Send to our home meter down in the front door.
01:57
It almost seems like it's a H-back related.
02:00
I think 151 went down in the basement to see if they could find anything down there.
02:08
251-251 engineer.
02:19
171-1-1-6-1-151.
02:23
Okay.
02:26
I should be able to set these down down here if you want that.
02:32
Yeah, let's go ahead and get that a try.
02:39
251, J-551 engineer.
02:42
Yeah, I got you.
02:47
Simple.
02:54
Denver.
03:02
Two-five one, go ahead.
03:06
You can put it out of service around the barfart?
03:20
8295-7-4. 161 from command.
03:38
Go for 161.
03:42
Let me know if shutting that down to help and if you need any ventilation.
03:45
If it doesn't seem to help,
03:47
I might going to upgrade this.
03:50
I understand.
03:51
It was just a few minutes to see if it's been, any better?
04:07
Just pain, Delta response, Rantoul Fire Department.
04:12
At near East Congress Avenue, Rantoul, cross of South Century Boulevard and South Gerard Street.
04:22
Justine, Delta response.
04:24
Respond on Fireground 5[1].
04:26
Mets get clear at 856.
04:36
23-0-3-104
04:51
Go ahead.
04:54
I'm talking to maintenance on the phone right now.
04:56
It sounds like HVAC is split between the first and second floor.
05:00
The second floor is a lot worse.
05:02
There's not much on the first floor at all.
05:03
We might need to get to the roof and check the unit.
05:08
Ten floor.
05:13
There's a roof access on two.
Police codes explained
The following codes appeared in the transcript and are explained below:
[1]
Fireground 5: Use fireground tactical radio channel 5 for fire operations and incident communications.
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Location mentioned:
E Congress Ave, Rantoul, IL 61866
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