Carbon monoxide levels high in building with medical emergency, Lincoln NE
Medical EmergencyFire and rescue responded to a building with high carbon monoxide levels. Crews worked to ventilate the building and check the exhaust system. At a nearby address, responders treated a conscious but lethargic woman showing jerking movements.
Audio|Source: Lincoln Fire and Rescue
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Transcript:
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. . . Receive another employee just showed me a message from a
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another maintenance person who wanted to make sure that the exhaust booster is operable.
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Apparently they had this problem 10 years ago,
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and to mitigate it, they added a booster that shoots the exhaust up higher so it doesn't get stuck right back in.
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Is there a way for them to check if that's operable?
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Yeah, I'm with maintenance and he's going to the roof right now to confirm that the induction motor is operable, so I'll be able to get back to you on that.
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My advice is that until we get CO down into a reasonable level,
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that we limit folks coming into the building because we still have 80s and topics of 100 in some of the room.
01:06
Bruce, if I talk to them outside.
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Engine 11 and Medic 3.
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Zone 17. Medical Charlie Response[1].
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Sick party.
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At near Northwest Flater Court.
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Respond on TAC 3[2].
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Engine 11, and Medic 3, respond to, zone 17, medical Charlie response, sick party.
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At near Northwest Flater Court, respond on TAC 3[2].
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To fire up the boilers, but we're not going to do that at this time until they identify a greater solution to the pressure intake.
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And agent four?
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Go ahead for engine four.
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What's your location?
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First floor lobby.
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What was your last known rating in the basement?
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Nine, but we'll go get your first one back.
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Receive.
02:31
It's five in the first ward lobby have five.
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Receive on five.
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6.11 is run.
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Engine 11, magnetic 3, verifying your Charlie response zone 17 to near Northwest to Flater Court.
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Some year old female is conscious breathing, has an ultra level of consciousness,
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lethargic and confused with some jerking movements.
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We have Tech 3, Tech 3.
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Steve, go ahead.
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Do you need another crew out there to help me out,
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opening doors?
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Negative. We're going to be parque exterior and we're going to put the entire building basically just standing by for at least the next 30 minutes to ventilate so we can get some of the CO out naturally.
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Receive.
03:49
Page 11 is not much.
03:57
Thank you, 11 is patient site.
Police codes explained
The following codes appeared in the transcript and are explained below:
[1]
Medical Charlie Response: EMS priority Charlie medical response (moderate priority)
[2]
TAC 3: Tactical radio channel 3 used for operations and incident communications.
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Location mentioned:
Northwest St, Lincoln, NE 68521
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