Fire crews stop gas leak at locked building on Commerce St, Spring Valley NY


Fire department responded to a gas leak at a building on Commerce Street. Crews faced entry challenges because the gate and door were locked. They accessed the site with a box key and successfully turned off the gas meter, stopping the leak. They considered checking inside the building for any gas buildup but aimed to avoid unnecessary damage.
Audio|Source: Rockland County UHF Fireground Tact 6
04:22
Transcript:
00:00
The command, sorry, 63 to come in.
00:07
(name withheld).
00:08
All right, myself and the O-1 is located.
00:11
The rear of the building in question, we're in the rear of where you are, you're in the front.
00:15
The rear just building is Commerce Street.
00:18
All right, receive.
00:19
They're going to be accessing it with the box key now.
00:24
All right, receive.
00:30
6.6 command.
00:37
75, come on up.
00:39
6 anchor, just pull up and take that intersection.
00:42
Don't let anybody down this road.
00:47
6-6 operations.
00:51
Operation.
00:53
At operations, it's a gate is locked and it requires a keypad to get in.
01:03
I have 104.
01:05
Stand by, Jeff.
01:10
501. If you want to come back to the front of the building, we have the knock.
01:13
We're going to make entry and just make sure that everything is good in touch.
01:22
That's a storage yard anyway, the gate separated.
01:27
All right, everybody speaks.
01:32
Even if we go to the front building, there's no way to get back there, right?
01:41
Operators command, you want all units to the front of the building?
01:44
Yeah, if there's no rear entrance access, we can stay over here.
01:50
We have one door on the second floor, buddy, we have no keys, unless you want to support entry.
01:56
Negative, we have the Knox Box open up front.
01:59
We're going to be going into that.
02:01
All right, we're just sitting around.
02:08
The stand to include the command.
02:10
Go ahead.
02:13
The keys in the Knox Boxes does not open the door.
02:20
6.3, when you get here, if you could just meet up with the crew with the Knox keys.
02:28
Doesn't work.
02:29
You take the door.
02:31
Very good.
02:33
Amanda tank crew.
02:36
Thank you. On the meter, where is it leaking from before the meter or after the meter?
02:48
On the meter itself, the meter itself is crass on the site.
02:53
Is there a quarter turn shutoff valve after the pipe comes out of the ground and shut off?
03:03
We've got a shutoff.
03:08
We've got a shutoff, we're getting to it.
03:12
Just do it gently, because who knows when the last time it was used, I hope we don't want to break it.
03:23
Six operations for command.
03:28
Go ahead, Pops.
03:31
Command, the gas meter was successfully turned off using the quarter of town, and the gas is no longer leaking from the meter.
03:42
Excellent. Do you think we need to make entry to make sure gas build up inside or do you think we're good?
03:49
It doesn't hurt the check.
03:54
If the Oxfew doesn't work, try and find a window, try to do as little damage as possible.
04:05
On command, someone with the COP here in about one minute they call me here.
04:10
I just hope for a passenger on the phone, okay?
04:13
6, you copy that.
04:15
Don't break anything.
04:21
Great since 6.6.
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Location mentioned:
Commerce St, Spring Valley, NY 10977
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