Crews investigate gas odor near Central Ave, Colonie NY
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Fire & ArsonAs discussed during the dispatch call, emergency crews responded to the intersection of Central Avenue and Nicholas Drive in Colonie for a possible natural gas odor near a business. Firefighters conducted an exterior and interior check of nearby buildings. The National Grid utility was notified, and crews used gas meters to investigate. A slight odor was observed outside, but no concerning readings were found inside buildings.
Audio|Heard on: Albany NY Fire-Tac Group Calls
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02:40
Transcript:
00:00
Side leak.
00:02
Off arm and outside leak.
00:05
All right, I'm en route.
00:08
Fourteen thirty-seven.
00:11
Dispatch, 17's on her.
00:15
17 arriving at 1437.
00:18
405 responding.
00:23
405 responding at 143.
00:26
Dispatcher, 16's arriving.
00:28
I'll have colony come in.
00:30
16 and 405, come on to Nicholas.
00:35
Stage at the corner.
00:40
Four 0516, you said stage corner of Nicholas?
00:44
Actually, come in Nicholas.
00:45
Take the first driveway to your left.
00:47
410, you stage on Nicholas at Central, where the hydrant is.
00:53
Four one zero received.
00:56
Four one zero to 16, could you repeat that one more time?
01:01
I want you to stage in the corner of Central and Nicholas.
01:06
Four one zero.
01:09
Seventeen, come in.
01:11
Go ahead.
01:15
Got a natural gas odor outside.
01:17
Nothing inside the business.
01:20
I can definitely smell it.
01:21
You might want to start the grid.
01:25
Okay, command dispatcher, starting National Grid here.
01:27
We're going to investigate further.
01:31
Received, Roger.
01:35
Four one zero, right there on that corner.
01:40
Dispatcher, 410 is arriving.
01:42
Four hundred and ten arriving at 1440.
01:46
Commander, 410, report to my car with your crew and a methane gas meter.
01:53
Received.
01:55
Dispatcher to command.
01:58
Go ahead.
02:00
He agreed as advised.
02:02
Okay, first.
02:03
Services also, if you haven't got them on this box.
02:07
Four zero five, officer command.
02:09
Go ahead.
02:12
Chief, we've metered all the service lines coming into the strip mall here.
02:17
Nothing on the elite there.
02:19
We walked over to the restaurant.
02:21
We're at the service here.
02:22
Slight odor back here with nothing showing on the meters.
02:26
Okay, let's get in every one of those buildings and check the interiors.
02:33
Let me see if we're going to split our crew with 410 and we'll go through the building.
02:39
Okay.
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Location mentioned:
Nicholas Dr & Central Ave, Colonie, NY 12205
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