Hazmat response downgraded to medical call, Richmond VA
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Medical EmergencyAs discussed during the dispatch call, emergency crews responded to a hazardous materials report near Idlewood Avenue in Richmond. Police and fire units initially staged and then the situation was downgraded to a medical response. Fire units were advised to disregard or stage while one engine and EMS personnel managed the scene.
Audio|Heard on: Richmond City Fire Dispatch
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03:59
Transcript:
00:00
Engine 6, engine 5, truck 3, engine 22, truck 8, hazmat 2, hazmat 1, safety 1, battalion 2, and battalion 3.
00:10
Hazardous materials response.
00:13
Near Idlewood Avenue.
00:15
Engine six, engine five, truck three, engine twenty-two, truck eight, hazmat two, hazmat one, safety one, battalion two, and battalion three.
00:26
Hazardous materials response.
00:29
Near Idlewood Avenue.
00:31
Cross streets are South Harrison Street and Randolph Street.
00:35
On Tac Channel 2.
00:37
Time out reported.
00:41
Chris, you can show Battalion Two en route.
00:45
Copy, unit out.
00:51
In front of station twelve.
00:56
Richmond copies time noted.
01:02
Stand by, checking with RPD for a unit en route.
01:10
Two from Richmond.
01:13
Go ahead.
01:15
RPD is on scene.
01:20
Received.
01:30
Truck eight, go through traffic.
01:36
I saw one at the grocery store.
01:42
Richmond copies, time noted.
01:48
Richmond from Battalion Three, you got RPD on this?
01:55
Affirmative, they have been added and are on scene.
02:02
Over to Battalion Two, have they cleared the scene yet?
02:07
They're on scene.
02:09
They haven't said that it's safe to enter yet.
02:11
Checked with the radio operator, and can you switch to Tac Channel Two?
02:17
My apologies, Richmond.
02:18
I had the wrong mic in my hand.
02:22
Copy.
02:28
Two staging at Grayland Avenue and Randolph Street.
02:33
Richmond copies time noted.
02:37
Battalion three staging with engine six.
02:43
Copy time noted.
02:50
22.
02:52
22, go ahead.
02:56
Place 22 out of service.
02:58
Hazmat 2 in service and en route.
03:01
Copy time noted.
03:07
Richmond same traffic truck 8, hazmat 1 is en route.
03:12
Copy.
03:17
Two from Richmond.
03:21
Go ahead, Richmond.
03:23
RPD is advising that this is just going to be EMS-like.
03:27
They're saying that fire can disregard.
03:31
Send the first engine company inside before releasing others.
03:37
It was Engine 12.
03:39
You can go in as well as myself.
03:41
Other companies remain at staging and keep hazmat company coming.
03:47
An emergency.
03:51
Richmond copies, Engine 12 to respond inside.
03:54
All other companies continue to stage.
03:56
Any units still en route can slow response to non-emergent.
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This transcript is automatically generated by AI from live dispatch audio. Dispatch communications may include background noise, overlapping speakers, or rapidly evolving situations, and automated transcription may not capture all details or context.
Location mentioned:
Idlewood Ave, Richmond, VA 23220
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