Carbon monoxide alarm triggered at mit building nw36, Cambridge MA
A carbon monoxide alarm went off in a building at MIT. Facilities staff found that a truck started recently inside the bay caused carbon monoxide to build up. The area was ventilated and the alarm was reset. There were no injuries or fire hazards.
Audio|Source: MIT Police and EMS
02:35
Transcript:
00:00
can you hit up to NW36? I believe that's grounds.
00:03
They're getting a carbon monoxide alarm.
00:06
It's going to be U in facilities.
00:08
Cambridge Fire is not going to be dispatched on this.
00:12
Copy that. NW36.
00:17
284, I'll live in that direction, I'll take control.
00:21
Receive is going to be NW36.
00:25
All right, that's a good problem.
00:35
284, you can show me off.
00:38
Receive, show you off.
00:41
Do you take off as well? Receive for the office as well.
00:43
Receive for you off as well.
00:48
Jeff, let me know if you need me in there, or if not, I'll take care of traffic audio with a fire response.
00:55
Copy that?
00:58
Sure, four or five.
01:00
Go ahead, sir.
01:03
Sir Bifies, this does not warrant a response from Cambridge fires, it's just going to be facilities at this time.
01:12
All right, that's your group coffee.
01:15
I'll back up together in the area there.
01:23
I have it. Do you control.
01:25
Hold on.
01:31
Can you put me off?
01:33
Professional.
01:39
2-8-3 to control.
01:42
Control them.
01:48
Just spoke with facilities.
01:50
They said they just started up a truck which caused CO2 to kind of get inside the bay, so they opened up the bays, clearing it out now, and they should be resetting the alarm shortly, but no issues.
02:01
Racing.
02:06
Security control.
02:09
Control time.
02:14
I'm just going to stand by until this is reset, but you can show the 284 clear.
02:20
Pressing.
02:26
Then they're ready to control.
02:28
Control then.
02:32
That alarm is been reset and I will be clear.
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Cambridge, MA
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