Gas line leak prompts evacuation near Matchlock Court
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Tippecanoe County Fire
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Battle Ground Fire, Battle Ground Fire, being routed (number withheld) Mashlock Court, (number withheld) Mashlock Court, for a gas leak.
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Advising that they hit a gas line while digging.
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They are evacuating.
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Evacuating the residents.
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Turn time is 902.
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1504, stand by for a fire alarm run with Purdue Fire 401 North Grant.
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All right. 1504, have an active fire alarm 401 North Grant Street at Knoll Technology Hall.
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You got a Metro 1 with Purdue Fire.
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Dispatch, Engine 11, Battalion 14 en route.
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Clear 1114 information.
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If you go to Metro 1, recommend is calling for 1504.
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Clear.
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11G copy, go to Metro 1.
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1504 en route.
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Copy that, 1504.
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Engine 707 is en route with three.
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Copy that.
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Correction, 701.
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Dispatch, medic 16 is clear.
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Break.
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Command 14, do you need us en route to Canoy?
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Yes, that's good.
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Clear units arriving.
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One hundred and one coming in on north side.
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Transporting one to IU.
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Medic 16 . Fifteen oh four battalion four.
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Medic 16 . Dispatch, ambulance.
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I'll call out on there for you.
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Okay.
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Go ahead, 1504.
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Dispatch, medic 16 is clear.
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This will be en route to Kenoi, 750.
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750,
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it's arriving.
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I'll be out investigating.
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Have you contacted the gas company yet?
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1504, just riding stage on Northwestern.
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And the bus pull off.
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Switch to Metro One.
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Over. Yeah, clear them now.
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We're clear on staging on the back here.
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Dispatch, ambulance five.
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Five. Thank you.
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Where are you?
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Chief, fire engine 701 .
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Seven hundred and one
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engine, 701 is arriving.
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Evacuation in progress.
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Seven hundred and twenty-four, eleven command.
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Okay.
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Command 106 .
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One hundred and six, go ahead.
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Penthouse elevator, number one, equipment room.
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Penthouse,
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eleven, going to investigate.
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Command, go ahead.
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1504 is arrived, level one.
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734, just information, CenterPoint Energy has a crew en route.
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Clear 1504.
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3125, clear.
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Engine 602, ambulance 605 en route.
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Clear.
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230 fire, come in.
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Go ahead.
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Hey, they said they confirmed that they called the gas company.
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Can you confirm that for us? Make sure they're in route.
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Affirm, I called the gas company.
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Affirmative, thank you.
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Two-way fire, my talk command.
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Go ahead.
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Can I get that wind direction and speed, please?
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Man 106,
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go ahead.
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We found the active detector.
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Appears to be no emergency.
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Go for a title.
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I have that wind direction for you.
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Go ahead.
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Command 3125, you copy?
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125 clear.
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Dispatch, ladder 3.
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Wind is about 5 mi an hour, gusts of nine, direction northwest.