MON NOV 05 2012 ~12:40 PM
CHICAGO FIRE DEPARTMENT
HAZMAT LEVEL 1/EMS PLAN 1
9130 S UNIVERSITY AVE CHICAGO, IL
BN 23 ORDERS EMS PLAN 1 FOR VICTIMS WITH NAUSEA, SOURCE OF CO IMMEDIATELY FOUND, ALL EVACUATED AT ABOUT 12:42 PM. UPGRADED TO HAZMAT LEVEL 1 FOR CARBON MONOXIDE LEAK CAUSED BY MALFUNCTIONING BOILER AT HAROLD WASHINGTON SCHOOL AT ABOUT 1:00 PM ON ORDERS OF 2-2-6.
2-2-6 REPORTS: CO LEVEL 48 PPM ON THIRD FLOOR -- ABOVE SAFE LEVEL. CO LEVEL ABOUT 15 OR 16 ON FIRST AND SECOND FLOOR. FIRST AND SECOND FLOOR WERE VENTILATED DOWN TO 0 PPM. STILL VENTILATING THIRD FLOOR. WIND SE 10 MPH. A NUMBER OF PEOPLE BEING TREATED COORDINATED BY 4-5-6.
2-7-4 REPORTS: ORIGINALLY 15 PPM ON FIRST FLOOR AND 20 PPM ON SECOND FLOOR, AND 48 PPM ON THE THIRD FLOOR.FIRST AND SECOND BROUGHT DOWN TO 0 PPM. STILL VENTILATING ON THIRD FLOOR, CHECKING LEVELS AND BOILER SHUT OFF. THIRD FLOOR DOWN TO 10 PPM AT ABOUT 1:17 PM.
2-7-4 REPORTS RANGE OF 1-3 PPM ON ALL THREE FLOORS, BUT A POCKET IN THE GYMNASIUM AT 38 PPM AT ABOUT 1:32 PM. STILL VENTILATING AND MONITORING.
2-7-4 REPORTS FIRST, SECOND AND THIRD FLOOR DOWN TO 0. GYMNASIUM DOWN TO 10 PPM AT ABOUT 1:41 PM. A CTA BUS MANNED BY PARAMEDICS AND SCHOOL REPRESENTATIVE TO TRANSPORT ABOUT 25 STUDENTS.
EMS PLAN 1 SECURED BY ORDERS OF 2-2-6 AT ABOUT 2:35 PM. HAZMAT LEVEL 1 ALSO SECURED UNKNOWN TIME. PARAMEDICS CALLED TO AT LEAST TWO STUDENTS WHO WENT HOME -- TWO AMBULANCE RESPONSE AT THE RESIDENCE FOR 4 VICTIMS.
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