Possible gas odor reported on first floor in Manhattan, New York NY
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According to the dispatch call, an odor of gas was reported on the first floor at a building near 9th Avenue between West 48th and West 49th streets in Manhattan. Firefighters responded and found that the occupant had left a burning crack on an installed appliance. The appliance was not shut down. The situation was handled as a low priority utility emergency with no additional resources needed.
Audio|Heard on: FDNY - Manhattan Dispatch
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03:14
Transcript:
00:00
Manhattan, phone alarm box 836, address near 9th Avenue between West 48 and West 49 streets, possible gas on the first floor.
00:09
Phone alarm, Manhattan, Box 836,
00:11
708 9th Avenue,
00:13
between West 48 and West 49, odor of gas on first floor.
00:18
(number withheld).
00:22
Box, do you have a callback, can you have the caller respond please?
00:30
Staffforce standby, we have two and second second second.
00:36
Two-two-nine, the town's fort.
00:46
(number withheld).
00:48
No, (number withheld).
00:50
We've got nothing further again.
00:52
2-2-2-3 over time, so that's support.
01:05
Okay.
01:08
Sign one. Okay.
01:11
Where does this call come in from?
01:13
We originally got this from (name withheld).
01:15
Okay.
01:18
Can you verify if we determined the address? We get no answer from them.
01:23
We'll call them back here. We'll call them back here.
01:29
2-3-1 this time it's back for 4-4-2.
01:32
2.
01:43
2-8. The call is back to 4-4-2.
01:49
7-4-2-2-2. 2-2-2-2 the time is bathroom 4-2-2.
01:58
5-1-9. 5-1-9.
02:01
A lot of flasker.
02:05
5-1, we'll go with the 301.
02:07
We'll meet 10-8.
02:09
7-4. 7-4.
02:21
233, the Thomas Batchezer, 4-2-7.
02:30
A minute, Kaye.
02:34
291.
02:36
Lux 2-8, using 18, 1040, code 1[1], the occupant left the burning crack on installed.
02:42
We did not shut down the appliance, okay.
02:46
My 10-4-1-1-2, mobile is the apartment, K.
02:48
Okay.
02:50
How is Floress your apartment?
02:52
All right, time four.
02:54
40 code one on Box 2-8, 40-code 1[1] on Box 2-8.
02:57
Order the battalion 1.
02:58
2-2-4-4-2. 2-2.
03:00
2-2-2.
03:05
7.5.
03:07
Battalion 9.
03:09
Box 836. The members are in the lobby.
03:12
There is no caller and there's no order.
Police codes explained
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[1]
code 1: Non-emergency, low-priority situation; incident under control with no additional resources needed.
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Location mentioned:
9th Ave, New York, NY 10019
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