Last night while enjoying dinner together, units were sent to the Brook apartments for an odor of gas. Crews investigated the problem and found a faulty stove as the source. Second due companies were staged at hydrants and returned when the problem was identified.
Once an incident is controlled, units from the southside typically take every chance they can to train, especially with newly released apparatus chauffeurs. If you see us with hose lines off, towers or ladders up, and ground ladders thrown, it doesn’t mean the building is on fire, but it means we had a chance to practice as if it was!
Did you know: methyl mercaptan is a chemical added to natural gas and propane as an odorant to make sure you can smell a gas leak LONG before it’s explosive. Your nose is more than 100x more sensitive than our meters! ... See moreSee less