Gas odor prompts classroom evacuation at elementary school, Hartland WI
Fire & ArsonAn odor of gas was detected inside Heartland North Elementary school, leading to evacuation of classrooms and investigation by the fire department. No hazardous gas levels were found, and the building was ventilated as a safety measure.
Audio|Source: Waukesha County Fire - West
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Transcript:
00:00
You can place me on scene at Heartland North Elementary.
00:03
Okay.
00:08
Dispatch for Med 97.
00:10
Ben 97. We have a third patient here complaining of pain wanting to get checked out.
00:14
Can we get another ambulance here? Copy.
00:21
Dispatch truck 7 with patient.
00:23
Copy, truck 7 with patient.
00:34
Med 22, alpha trauma, Appleton Avenue and University Dry.
00:39
Between Appleton Avenue and University Dry, the nominee falls fire zone 1.
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Time out. 1010.
00:48
Just badge engine 22.
00:54
Engine 22?
00:56
Does the nominee have a heavy going?
01:00
How many falls have a heavy going?
01:03
How many falls is already obtained with two ambulances? They are requesting a third ambulance.
01:07
It's going to actually be for a vehicle accident.
01:10
Copy.
01:13
Hey Chief, are you good to have us evacuated in the classrooms where we smelled?
01:22
The north side of the building is currently here to be evacuated from all the classrooms are outside of the playground.
01:29
Appleton Avenue, 10 minutes.
01:35
The smell being by 141, the cops would like to evacuate the kids that are over here too.
01:45
City of Brookfield Med 23.
01:46
You're going to be en route to DJ's goalpost.
01:49
Two monomony fall ambulances are already on scene.
01:52
There's a third patient that needs to be checked out.
01:54
You're being requested to respond.
02:00
Command for Vention 43 at Arlenzac.
02:06
In the basement division here speaking with a maintenance employee saying that he did some maintenance on one of the gas lines here, evacuated a pipe.
02:15
He said that he informed everybody, but they called 911 anyways, so we're just in contact with him talking to him now.
02:25
Copy that. What are you getting for levels down there, and then maybe upstairs? And if nothing else, maybe we'll do a quick ventilation of it and then be done.
02:34
On both of our meters, we have no readings.
02:37
Copy that's right.
02:39
99 with patient.
02:40
Copy.
02:46
243, the engine 43,
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if you can grab a couple of fans,
02:51
and then we'll start.
02:54
empty, you know, the air in this building.
03:02
If you want to grab a fan, take it into that main corridor hallway where we first walk through and notice the smell.
03:08
We push an air down that hallway that escape out the north side.
03:12
I heard by that front door, I can go grab a fan click.
03:19
I have a shirt, command.
03:30
Go ahead. In investigation, we only got odor of gas in the building, no reading shown on our monitor.
03:36
We're going to be working on ventilating, and we're using the evacuation order at this time.
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Location mentioned:
Near Church St, Hartland, WI 53029
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