Gas leak investigation at residential address in Rockville, Rockville MD
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Fire & ArsonAccording to the dispatch call, fire and hazardous materials teams responded to a gas leak at a two-story single-family home near Lewis Avenue in Rockville, Maryland. They found elevated explosive gas levels inside, identified the gas meter inside the house behind a wall, secured the gas supply, evacuated the building, and began ventilation procedures. No occupants were found inside during the sweep. A Washington Gas representative was requested to assist.
Audio|Heard on: Montgomery County MD Fire Rescue 7A4 Incident 10
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05:24
Transcript:
00:00
Standby, Race Squad, 7.03.
00:02
All right, Command 2, uh,
00:05
Carvike Engine 723.
00:06
Who you're operating with in the interior?
00:12
I got myself in the basement,
00:14
21, setting the first floor,
00:17
and the floor is outside,
00:18
looking for the outside service.
00:22
Command's okay.
00:23
Drive Rescue Squad 703
00:26
All right, because for your awareness,
00:29
there is no outside gas meter to this house.
00:31
Walking gas is identified where the street side shutoff is, and it's currently working on triggering off at the street side.
00:39
All right, command's okay.
00:43
Committed Montgomery and all units responding at near Lewis Ave.
00:48
We have two stories, single family.
00:51
We have elevated levels and LELs within the structure, with the exception of engine 723 rescue squad, 723 paramedic engine 721, and the hazmat unit.
01:06
All units can remote stage out on Broadway.
01:14
Cormatikism and 7.21 command.
01:16
We got about 17% on the first floor,
01:20
7% on the second floor,
01:23
and nobody else in the structure.
01:28
All right, 70% on the first floor.
01:31
Go come back with the second floor, 7%.
01:35
That's correct.
01:36
Seven.
01:42
Do you have any LELs?
01:48
Yeah, that was 17 of the LEL on the first floor,
01:53
and the second floor was seven of the LEL.
01:59
All right, I'm so, thank you.
02:04
873 command.
02:08
After looking at behind a panel in the banquet,
02:12
found a meter in the house.
02:15
And we were able to put the power, we took the 40 centimeter.
02:22
It is behind a wall.
02:24
We're getting higher levels to simply that wall.
02:27
Thanks.
02:29
Are you saying you controlled the gas to the house at the meter? Is that the one in the office leg?
02:39
That is correct.
02:41
Is you the initial level?
02:44
You can go ahead and try to ventilate if you're going to have.
02:49
All right, is there any way we start with some natural ventilation and then we can move over to that?
03:01
Yeah, we have a couple very small windows all that way and help you have to support for us.
03:12
Hazmat 728 command.
03:16
All right, sorry.
03:19
Yes, sir.
03:21
Is there a life safety concern? That's why we have personnel inside the residents at this time?
03:30
There's not.
03:31
In fact, all units inside the structure, let's exit the structure and we'll work on a ventilation plan.
03:41
Go to 3.
03:43
Then my driver's got fans.
03:45
This is the kind of door if you want to go.
03:49
All right, stand by on that for a moment.
03:54
Command is a paramed against 723, engine 721.
03:57
Are you direct on exiting the structure?
04:01
Twenty-three's out.
04:05
41's out. All right, command direction squad 703.
04:13
Can you send a Washington Gas representative over to the command post?
04:21
Yeah, I'm correct.
04:25
Okay, commandant, 10 minutes since update.
04:27
Also,
04:29
if you'd like, I have a new engine running order for you, if you'd like.
04:33
Yeah,
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go ahead.
04:36
Paramedic engine 721, engine 723, paramedic engine 703, Bravo, paramedic engine 740, engine 75, Bravo, paramedic engine 725 is running and support unit.
04:48
Okay,
04:49
thank you Montgomery.
04:50
We're still investigating trying to ventilate.
04:53
We're going to hold on in this momentarily.
04:56
Copy command. 2049.
04:59
Chairman, I guess 725 command.
05:02
Amyle 725 Bravo is also part of the Hazenacompson.
05:05
If you need to replace them.
05:12
And as in 721.
05:13
So do have a location of the occupants.
05:21
Negative. When I went through the house, nobody was in there.
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Lewis Ave, Rockville, MD 20851
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