Odor investigation at St. Mary Medical Center, Langhorne PA
Fire & ArsonFire crews investigated an odor of burning and electrical smells spreading through ventilation at St. Mary Medical Center. The odor was reported in multiple areas including maternity and kitchen. A cleaning crew's product may have entered the vent system, causing the smell. Crews checked several floors and areas to locate the source and assess the situation.
Audio|Source: Montgomery County Fire and EMS East, Bucks Fire/EMS West
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Transcript:
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25, right? Chief 25 from the amount.
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Chief 25, Microsoft. Chief 25, I appreciate.
00:05
If I could get you and your engine ladder to the main entrance, don't pull up into the circle.
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You've got to stop short of that.
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I'm going to need some help investigating.
00:16
We got an order through a good portion of the building trying to determine next steps.
00:22
Received. Chief 21, how do you want us to proceed? We check the area off the main lolly in several directions and come up with nothing.
00:31
Okay, I've got my crew going on the maternity ward on the fifth floor.
00:34
If you could try the pew and Rosen Garden wings, they're interconnected and start like the first floor, second floor.
00:41
Let's just see what the air vents did with us.
00:45
Then I'm in the pew and Rose and Gordon Wayne.
00:48
First,
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start working your way up the floors, and I'm going to have 25 take the lobby to the western side.
00:56
I'm from Lattertown Officer, we are now on floor number five labor and delivery.
00:59
I mean a letter, 25% or 05.
01:02
Engine 26 is on floor, too. I have an hour, twice.
01:04
Engine 26 is on floor, too.
01:06
Waterlox, 2146, attention to rest of 45, near Langhorne Newtown Rd, off funding Hill Drive and Albert's Way, St.
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St. Mary Medical Center.
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Waterflow alarm, 2246.
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5-1 from command.
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If you could head to the main entrance, do not pull up into the circle.
01:19
There's weight limits there.
01:20
I've got security coming to meet you at the front entrance.
01:22
And let me know when you're ready.
01:23
We'll need Ben, uh, packs and meters.
01:25
Okay.
01:26
We're chasing an odor of plastics, gasoline, et cetera, from a helicopter.
01:31
We're trying to determine the spread through the building, if any, anymore, and then determine what the next steps are for ventilation.
01:38
The postpartum wing said they had a strong odor of electrical in their midroom half an hour ago, it is likely just coming through the vent.
01:46
I copy that.
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Start working your way down to catch up with 26.
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FM 30 for once, on scene switch it over.
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KFM for D. Latter 25, some complex.
01:56
Yeah, Latter 2011.
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recommending you send a crew to the kitchen.
01:59
We're being told that there is a cleaning crew in there and the security thinks that it is likely that whatever they were using could have gotten into the event system.
02:07
I'm just getting through the door over here.
02:09
Kitchen Assignment please.
02:11
Just the security should be there to guide you.
02:16
You can be fine to the further.
02:17
Engine 26 is on 4-3.
02:19
Receive engine 26 is on 4-3.
02:20
Receive engine 26.
02:22
75, if you come in that main entrance, stay to your left,
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you'll pass a security office, and then it'll be a staircase taking you down the flight, and you should see the kitchen on your right.
02:32
And if we could get your crews, for you and Chief 25, send the second crew back to the front of the building.
02:38
Check the Annenberg Center, please.
02:40
All right, we're heading for the cafeteria now.
02:43
I'm just running about through you.
02:44
Dad. Come back down to you or jump over to the Hart Pavilion?
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Location mentioned:
Near Langhorne Newtown Rd, Langhorne, PA 19047
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