Fire alarm reported at Pennsylvania health rehabilitation hospital, Hummelstown PA
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A fire alarm was reported at the Pennsylvania Health Rehabilitation Hospital near Old West Chocolate Avenue. Emergency units, including fire and rescue teams, responded and investigated. Residents of a nearby one-story house were evacuated as a precaution. Authorities detected the odor of gas but found no active leak. The incident was resolved without an active fire or gas hazard.
Audio|Heard on: Dauphin County Public Safety
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07:18
Transcript:
00:00
Dr. 48, 2.1135 Old West Chocolate Avenue, Penn State Health Rehabilitation Hospital.
00:06
Russia to North Hawkersville on West Hershey Park.
00:09
High Merge Class 2, Company 4.
00:13
1424.
00:14
Off 3 to the sign.
00:16
4-2.
00:17
Is that intermediate 4-2 responding?
00:21
Correct.
00:23
Copy.
00:29
Surveillance 111 from County everything okay on scene.
00:36
Yes, County, we're clear with a patient refute, both.
00:41
Copy.
00:46
Take it right, Sam, when you get up here.
00:49
We're going to go underneath the Colonnade building and come back out and go around the entire property.
00:55
Okay.
01:07
No noise. That's my fault.
01:10
Apologous.
01:15
Max 3035, 800, Kingrest Road.
01:20
The river's Ben, cross you to London area, Sequoia, Hard Problems Class 1, Company 7, 1426.
01:30
On the engine 915 and route 3.
01:35
Okay, engine 91.5 or 3, ops 3.
01:42
Okay, engine 901.
01:43
Market, odor of gas, class 1.
01:57
Squatty,
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wagon four, truck two tower one, 1427.
02:03
7-1.
02:10
County Rescue 33 is arriving.
02:12
We're staging at 48th Street in Tampon Street.
02:16
We'll be a first special.
02:21
Towers, Thirteen,
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on Tipton Road.
02:31
County Engine 91's arriving and staging at Stricker in 48 via hydrant, uh,
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directly in front of the structure.
02:39
We're ready.
02:42
Command, I was through session on Mainband and I did not copy you.
02:47
Wagon for a row on two.
02:50
Moving.
02:54
Okay.
02:57
Low braces, Justin.
02:59
7.1, I copy your responding.
03:02
Agent 91's arriving will be staging at Stricker and 48th Street.
03:09
There's a hydrogen directly in front of the structure.
03:11
Going forward to investigate Engine 991-1 command.
03:15
And a copy.
03:17
Command for Rescue 33.
03:18
I have a one-story single family evacuated this time.
03:22
Flag in 3-1.
03:23
They're on Office 3.
03:26
Copy.
03:28
We'll be investigating with two.
03:32
Units responding to Front Market, we got a call from UGI and they have a subscriber reporting smelling and hearing gas.
03:41
They advise closest to the bridge.
03:45
Hey Carson, they got two kids coming down from this house.
03:54
Vice President said Forrest next.
04:01
Okay, left on Sand Hill, right on forrest.
04:09
F91, you want to move up to Arnie and 48th Street and the engine will take a blocking position here.
04:18
Call me that.
04:23
Command for Rescue 33.
04:26
Go ahead.
04:29
T6 in the area.
04:31
No readings, no orders on Division I, moving up to Division 2.
04:38
Copy Amul's 180 back to Hostia.
04:41
Time to that.
04:43
Squatty's arriving.
04:45
Okay, Squatite.
04:46
Sucati's arriving. Svacian 4 is arriving.
04:52
Investigation you got two from Andrew 901 coming in.
04:55
Check a meter.
04:57
Yeah, I won't you're right.
05:00
I copy.
05:05
Engine 915 is on location.
05:08
On 48th Street at Sturclair.
05:12
Engine 9915.
05:17
You might get these balls right here.
05:23
Ready.
05:26
Copy. Talk to you, you can return.
05:29
It's been to the exterior.
05:33
Tom, the car's having a pow-wow.
05:35
The engine 915, do you need manpower?
05:43
I can go stage with your apparatus.
05:49
Copy.
05:55
Callie from Chief Six, you can give us control.
05:58
We don't appear to have an active league currently, but it looks like they were doing some work there.
06:01
Looks like it may have been a PA1 call.
06:04
They probably should come out and just take a look.
06:05
We don't have anything.
06:07
Command from Rescue 33.
06:08
No oars, no readings on the 2nd Division.
06:10
We're going to have engine 91, or under meter through the house.
06:13
Double check.
06:14
T6, we have multiple incidents.
06:16
Come back to one a second because everybody's talking over top of each other.
06:19
Copy that. Did the occupants report where specifically they were getting in order? She stated Second Division.
06:28
Okay,
06:29
and we check the meter as well.
06:33
I cover you, county.
06:34
I think it was control.
06:35
We don't have anything active.
06:37
Looks like there was a PA1 call,
06:39
and you can't hear hissing from the vault, but it's no active gansley.
06:43
Still stands back there, hold on to his hat, because we're not going to be stopping, so...
06:49
Yep, we're making our way there now.
06:54
Okay.
06:56
Black inferior one's arriving, staging with 915.
07:02
County, I would say you can give us control.
07:05
Looks like they had a PA1 call down here.
07:08
There is a demand on the system down here, but there's no active gas leak.
07:14
Okay, I'll own nothing.
07:16
Copy. You can clear all you this.
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Old West Chocolate Ave, Hummelstown, PA 17036
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