Electrical odor prompts school safety inspection in Vernon, Vernon CT
Emergency responders investigated a persistent electrical smell and a possible hazard in a school building near Colorado Street in Vernon, CT. The odor was detected near rooftop mechanical units and the media center. No fire or confirmed hazard was found, and the area was checked for safety.
Audio|Source: North Central CT Police, Fire and EMS
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The crossover that connects the school to the gym area. We'll say there's a rooftop unit right there that's above the media center. That's where we're getting the odor.
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Copy, too. Copy, too.
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Throw it!
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21 officer coming in, sending two inside,
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others are in the bucket.
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Very good, thank you.
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Good to know.
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One party was last seen outside with a yellow jacket. No more.
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Totally 37 is on the scene.
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Right.
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37, 10 behind 32 and drive down that sidewalk. We're up back in the building. We're going to go back there.
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5.
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10-4.
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17's responding, drive only.
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4-58, 1-9.9. 4-58, 1-9 named data first.
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Roger 17
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His name Fox Trot, Oscar, Whiskey, Lima, Echo Romeo, first name, Mike India, Charlie, Hotel Alpha Echo Lima, 8,
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14,
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1970
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178,
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near Colorado Street,
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but it's China 1,
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awesome 21 off.
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21 off the car 2.
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Go ahead.
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There is a smell in the room with the testing machine you send this too.
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Almost smells electrical, chief.
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We're investigating.
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Thirty-four, I was still a couple out.
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Yeah, that same odor when I first got to the media center, it smelled like that too near that vent.
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I might just need venting better in that room for the cell case.
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It sounds like they may have gotten into an SUV and a lot card and I'm really no.
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Well, (expletive), you get out of product, yeah.
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WNJ2 is returning.
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Biggs picked up freshwater Cranbrook.
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Tanger 2 back to my house, 1909.
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Nothing on the sense that's here on the forecast, but there is a smell we're trying to investigate.
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Okay.
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Go 4-58.
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We're in a cart two, okay.
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Three more interior, you need them.
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Okay.
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Michael has a suspended 16 ID card only negative 5-pron-20.
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If you go straight and just about 20 feet, then to the right, that's where the room is.
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The faculty room when we're smelling is. Is there an HVWF unit there?
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7-3-13 traffic.
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Okay,
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6-7H. 119 will have a car park custody.
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Thirteen and custody, right.
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Yeah, we have about four E-track vehicles up here in that general area.
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And then the media say where we're snout and we'll be to your left and the connect of the next to the buildings.
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Three and one command.
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Okay,
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there's nothing visible no orders on a D-Provo C-Trily side.
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All right, I'll reach your punch, come back out for it.
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24 17's on scene.
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Number.
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Hey, Sean.
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Come in, why don't you send me another crew? We'll check the seaside of the building.
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I got three from 32 ahead near way.
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21-2, command.
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Two man, guys.
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All the offices in the AD corner, including the nurses station,
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and the meeting room are all clear. There's a light smell of something like dirty filters, but nothing on any of the meters.
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You know?
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Receive that three more coming in a medium.
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One nine three of the car two?
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It's not eight.
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Okay.
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Nothing on those first four Facebook units.
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Who are on?
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Nine north prior to the A4 split out of the desk area on the left shoulder and a 14 in the right shoulder.
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Okay, just throughout your general areas where we snowed are below you, so check that unit right there.
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All right.
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Four if they're clear, 1322.
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This address, obviously out of unit one.
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Give me a metro call-out from Manchester, please.
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6908, I just got the pedestrian home to the right shoulder.
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All right.
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All right, you got a description?
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No.
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Roger, I'm going to give you a 1720 a second.
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All right.
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Thank you, Chuck.
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119, 135, 35.
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All right.
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30, Tuesday, come on.
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Do not have any angels listed out of that address.
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493, I'll be clear, cat notes.
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District 32, Officer, commit.
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I patrol check, Chipotle. Okay, patrol check, Chipotle.
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Great, guys.
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Never.
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Chief, the north side of the school, we check it all out. We do have a light holder of something, unable to determine what it is. No readings on the meter.
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You do have a mechanical room back here? I don't know if we have some keys to get in there.
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Yeah, we'll work with a car too, right in the front door, get some keys for you.
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Copy that, I'll meet them out there.
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21 officer, the command.
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I got to General Ridickees. He was going to head back to that mechanical room.
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Very good.
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I'm going to sign car two interior operations.
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You see.
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Spatch guy restart two operations.
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Start to the 26 Crospect Street.
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We have another one where the dad and brother are fighting, trying to get more information on the B.
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769H, the pedestrian is in the event.
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His phone fell off the roof of his car.
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Stand by Alia enforcement.
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All right.
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I got everything over to the right.
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Right.
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Alpha III, 1960.
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Alfa Lava, Children's.
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Alfaiburized Children's, 1960.
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...insight of the bottom.
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Number.
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Four years, Tony, you got the male party in the back here.
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493 of Kness.
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Alpha 3B LHOZ, shuttle.
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You're a trip to 1117.
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Come here, everybody.
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2.65 Rich. I'll be 32.
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6.83. We stand by for a silver driver. I should be here, mobility.
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We check all the rooftop units.
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There's a slate order of noise that coming from a vex, almost like a drier vent,
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kind of one of the power exhaust units up here.
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But you don't have them either. You know, it's not enough enough to have normal.
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Okay.
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We see. Operation you catch that?
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Yes, sir. Yes,
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sir. Twenty-two.
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Thank you.
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