Hazardous materials incident involving mustard agent near Arlington Boulevard, Fairfax VA
Fire & ArsonFire and rescue teams responded to a hazardous materials incident near Arlington Boulevard. Chemical detection confirmed the presence of mustard agent. Decontamination and overpacking procedures were begun to safely manage the hazard.
Audio|Source: Fairfax County Fire and Rescue
04:30
Transcript:
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Fairfax direct.
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1012.
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Try the 430, go ready.
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Truck 430, ambulance 434.
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On channel 4307, EMS level 2,
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near Arlington Boulevard, the Virginia, and 107, cross street, Arlington Boulevard.
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Truck 430, ambulance 434, on channel 4, Bravo, Fox 4307, EMS level 2,
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near Arlington Boulevard, the Virginia, and 1047, cross street, Arlington Boulevard.
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May I have from Channel 40.
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Go ahead.
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AP4C gave us an HD reading of 5.
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We've got one more time.
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AP4C, A bus 8H, hotels,
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Delta reading,
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level 5.
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I got me.
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Ambulance 431, engine 425.
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On Channel 4, Bravo, Fox, 42522, EMS Level 3, near Bowman Town Drive, Gimri Rucker Shelter, cross street, Cameron Glen Drive.
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Ambulance 431, Engine 425,
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on Channel 4, Bravo, Box, 42522, EMS Level 3, near Bowman Town Drive, Embry-Lucker Shelter, cross street, Cameron Glen Drive.
02:01
Clicking Town, 4-3.
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So the M9 paper,
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M9 we have red,
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the M8 paper we also have reds.
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We have detected the presence of oil and the pH paper is the yellow color.
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You make copies your reading.
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Engine 425 from Medic 425.
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If you guys go ready, we just left the hospital, we'll first respond for the AMBO.
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Agent 425, copy.
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Man from Kyle 440.
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Go ahead.
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The protection shows that it is mustard.
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We have a presence of mustard.
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Command copies, presence of mustard.
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Power 40 from command.
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It looks like you've got all of your readings.
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You go ahead and start the overpack process.
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Goffrey is direct.
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Overpack crew can make entry.
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Bobby, they just went on air.
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They're beginning to go through now.
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Perfection command mark Entry Team 2 on air at 1020.
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Coming in from Tawa 440, the section team is going to start exiting the structure.
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Overpacking is occurring.
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Copy, when you exit the structure, make sure you stay on air.
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You're going to be sprayed down with the Dahlgren solution and have a stay time of five minutes prior to entering in technical decontamination.
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Town 40 is directed.
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Location mentioned:
Near Arlington Blvd, Fairfax, VA 22031
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