Elevated carbon monoxide and gas leak detected at apartment, Sheboygan WI
Fire & ArsonFire crews responded to a report of elevated carbon monoxide and a possible natural gas leak at Henry Young Apartments near South A Street. Multiple rooms were checked, and readings showed high levels of carbon monoxide but no fire or explosion. Residents on the third floor were evacuated and the area was ventilated while the source was investigated. Several apartments were inaccessible during checks. Utility services were notified and responded to assist.
Audio|Source: Sheboygan County Fire and EMS
06:20
Transcript:
00:00
With the next CO readings on the third floor, have you guys evacuated the floor?
00:06
Or are we just trying to locate the source at this point? I guess I'm just looking for a report on exactly what we're doing.
00:15
We are just going down to the basement to check near the boiler.
00:18
It's just a boiler down in the basement.
00:21
Every room should have no furnaces or anything for people who have gas in the boiler room.
00:25
Now we're starting to open windows and ventilation activities.
00:29
If we have elevated readings of natural gas on the third floor, let's free people and identify the source, then work with utility and maintenance.
00:43
We're going to the boiler room.
00:45
At this time, we've got zero readings down there.
00:47
So our problem is on the third floor at this time with opening windows and evacuating in order.
00:56
Dispatch to engine 1861 on city fire secondary.
01:05
Dispatched Battalion 18 on city fire secondary.
01:11
Go ahead. 918 on secondary.
01:17
WPS is notified; they will call back with an estimated time of arrival.
01:21
They were advised of your findings.
01:24
Okay.
01:26
Copy. Thank you.
01:41
These are documents of which apartments we're not getting any response from, why we're going from door to door.
01:46
I got apartment 316 entry.
01:49
And Battalion will have one in a second.
01:52
I'm sorry, you're going to have to hold off one second or at least match knowing that they can log it.
01:57
I'm still driving.
01:58
Okay.
02:00
I'll assume command from outside.
02:03
Did you copy that 601LB command from outside? And I've got apartment 316 that you've been unable to reach anybody inside?
02:12
That's the permit of the PC.
02:13
We've got 16, 18, and 20 so far.
02:16
No answer from them.
02:18
I'll keep going down as we go.
02:20
We're telling the instructions to leave their apartments unlocked.
02:22
We'll give you more information later.
02:25
Copy.
02:31
Dispatch from Battalion 18 on secondary, be advised.
02:33
I've arrived on scene and will assume command, Henry Young apartments.
02:37
Could you mark down that apartments 16,
02:41
18, and 20 are apartments 316, 318, and 320, where we tried to make entry with no success?
02:51
I copy.
02:57
You see 312, no entry, 312, no entry.
03:05
Bobby, 61 just to double check.
03:07
As of this point, we're at 316, 318,
03:11
320,
03:12
and 312, correct? You've not been able to make entry?
03:15
That's affirmative.
03:20
And one last thing.
03:22
Our meters are reading on the sensor, correct? This isn't just a carbon monoxide meter issue.
03:25
You're also reading natural gas on your sensor.
03:28
Or is this just the carbon monoxide meters that you're getting readings?
03:34
This is negative on sensor; it was getting 7 to 6% or 7% on the meter.
03:40
My explosion on my 4 gas is zero.
03:44
The highest we got up to under carbon monoxide was 54.
03:48
I copy. You got 7% of lower explosive limit on your sensor, nothing on your 4 gas, and then 54 parts per million on your carbon monoxide.
03:59
That's affirmative.
04:03
If you could add 51 into this call, we're going to have them bring,
04:07
get our electric fan going here, so you can do some ventilation on this corridor, the windows open up.
04:16
Hi, Pappy, I guess I didn't realize they weren't on this.
04:20
We'll make sure they get put into any other units up there for assistance with the amount of space, like the truck.
04:30
Now at this time, I think we got that right now.
04:33
We're getting down. I went towards the elevator, which is in the middle,
04:36
and that was around like 30.
04:37
Now we're down to 15.
04:38
The strongest part is going to be in the southwest color corridor, I believe.
04:47
From commission over here on at Henry Young, can you have unit 1851 pushed into this incident and have them respond and make contact with engine 1861 on the Henry Young building third floor?
05:01
Copy.
05:16
Engine 1861 on the third floor to assist.
05:19
You can talk to them on Talk Group 12, about 0.041.
05:29
61 from command.
05:31
What?
05:32
In just each department, what do we have for sources for natural gas?
05:37
Is there, um,
05:40
the ovens?
05:41
I don't believe there's any other, there's no washer dryers in those units.
05:46
Where could we be a possible source that the natural gas would be coming from?
05:51
We're going to walk into one and see if you can find anything.
05:54
Should be a boiler.
05:55
Should be boilers down here, but it's going to be verified.
05:59
Attention,
06:01
unit 1851 respond to Henry Young apartment, near South A Street.
06:07
Make contact with engine 1861 on the third floor and assist with the carbon monoxide alarm and natural gas issue, timeout 0402 Tucker Prove.
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Henry St, Sheboygan, WI 53081
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