Carbon monoxide detected in business from generator, Wellington KS
Fire & ArsonFire crews responded to a business near 16th St after detecting dangerous carbon monoxide levels of 495 parts per million caused by a generator inside. They shut off the generator and ventilated the building to reduce the gas concentration.
Audio|Source: Reno and Rice County Public Safety
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Transcript:
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Command engine 6.
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Go ahead.
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I will have U and Hood make entry.
00:14
I'm going to take Mayu and put with ICE.
00:17
And I'll have Webb and Jones.
00:19
We'll have an entry, a backup, and a RIT.
00:29
I think I missed your traffic.
00:32
You said you have a business owner on site?
00:38
A business owner, a keyholder, tech person around?
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...and take the hood and more...
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...amination seven, that the workers advised how long they had been inside.
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One command.
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Engine 6 advises CO.
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They have killed the generator.
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Like permission to start ventilating the structure.
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That's 104.
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Let's get our electric fans and set up for ventilation.
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Copy.
01:24
Did engine 6 give you a number on CO?
01:30
That's the negative.
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Engine 1, Engine 6.
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Can you report C.O.
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number?
01:38
Mr. 185.
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3 at the Baymont Inn in Wellington, it will be 1024.
01:52
I copy 495.
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Command Engine 7.
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EMS that at this point we have 495 as a reading was probably higher while they were working.
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Is it one, into six? Would you like assistance kind of lighting instruction?
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If we can just get fans going on it?
02:27
A nice one.
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Sand dispatcher.
02:39
Additional update, we have confirmed that this is CO in the building caused by the generator at this time.
02:46
We got a high reading of 495 parts per million.
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For command.
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Command, to be advised that EMS is trying to leave and I think you might be in the only way they have to get back out.
03:11
I copy.
03:17
Command to Engine 7, can you come face-to-face in my car?
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Number one engine 6.
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There traffic for command.
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Medic 3 is clear.
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Temple Medics 3.
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Location mentioned:
1130B E 16th St, Wellington, KS 67152
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