Liberty Hose Co. No. 2 - Incident Detail #1235

Company-22 was dispatched to 656 North Street for a reported CO alarm. Engine-22 responded with a crew of six and Truck-22 responded with a crew of seven. Upon arrival, chief 22-1 advised that all occupants were out of the structure and a CO alarm was sounding on the first floor. The engine crew took a CO Monitor to the first floor, and when they opened the inside cellar entrance, got very high readings. The crew closed the door and exited the structure. The cellar windows and the outside cellar door were opened up, and PPV was set up at the top of the stairs. The engine crew went into the basement, and the truck crew went to the roof to examine the chimney. The engine crew shut off the the coal burner, and pulled the furnace pipe from the wall and plugged it. The truck crew ran chimney chains, and a bucket full of debris was removed from the chimney. Examination of the furnace and pipes showed that the furnace was also full of debris. The occupant of the structure was advised to contact a furnace repair company before attempting to re-use the furnace. With debris cleaned out and new CO readings taken in the basement, first, and second floors showing 0ppm, the occupant was advised to leave the windows open on all floors for the afternoon, and company went available.