Colleton County Fire-Rescue

4/12/2010

Stations 19 and 26 responded to a Carbon Monoxide leak at the American Body Builder's Bottling Plant located at 1756 Industrial Road Monday afternoon 12-April at 1538.  First arriving units found the plant being evacuated and an audible alarm from inside. The first in entry team found over 180 ppm of Carbon Monoxide in the plant.  Natural gas was secured to the facility and Area Rae wireless air monitoring equipment was placed inside the building.  Crews used portable air monitors to sweep the interior of the building while another crew examined the roof.  Three vents from the boiler room were found on the roof to be venting Carbon Monoxide into two HVAC units which were sending the Carbon Monoxide back into the building.  The HVAC units were switched off and firefighters continued to monitor the building until Carbon Monoxide levels dropped below permissible limits.  The building was then turned back over to  plant personnel.

Engine 19, Engine 26, HazMat 19, Medic 26, Car 11, Car 111 and Battalion 1 responded.  Lieutenant Joseph Campbell served as Incident Commander.