NSFD Report: Vehicle Fire, Employee Trapped in Elevator

Last week, the responded to 132 calls for service, 78 of which were EMS related and 54 of which were fire or rescue-related.

Here are some of the calls from Bayside, Fox Point, Shorewood, Whitefish Bay and Glendale: 

Shorewood

• A gas odor was reported in ’s Arts and Science building at 7:49 a.m. on Oct. 10. Crews determined the odor was coming from the grease trap in the crawlspace under the building, and they were able to clean and ventilate the area.

• Crews cleaned up a gasoline spill from a vehicle on the side of the road on the 1500 block of East Capitol Drive at 11:45 a.m. Oct. 10. The spill was cleaned up using bags of dry-sorb and the vehicle was towed away.

• A power pole on the 3800 block of North Oakland Avenue caused some to worry last week. The health club manager at , 3839 N. Oakland Avenue, said several people heard a loud bang and a puff of smoke and arcing from the power pole next to the building at 3:52 p.m. Oct. 10. The building lost power for a few seconds, but the power remained out at other neighboring locations. The incident was determined to be shorted electrical equipment.

• Firefighters extinguished a vehicle fire in the 1900 block of East Jarvis Street at 4:14 p.m. Oct. 12. The owner said she recently had exhaust work done and was advised she had a hole in her muffler. She stated she drove home from school, parked her vehicle and entered her house, and then shortly later she heard a ‘pop’ and looked outside to see her vehicle on fire. Fire officials believe the fire may have started because the it was parked on top of a pile of leaves in the street.

• Throughout the week, NSFD monitored sewer manholes in the area of Capitol Drive and Newhall Avenue, where a gas station was found responsible for .

Bayside

• Crews disconnected a battery back up unit that was giving off a gaseous odor in the 9000 block of North Mohawk Road at about 1 p.m. on Oct. 12. The battery was disconnected and moved outside, and the homeowner was advised to air out the basement and have the battery replaced.

Fox Point

• Crews responded to a downed power line on the 1300 block of Goodrich Lane at 5:45 p.m. Friday. Residents in the area were warned not go to near the wires. We Energies arrived to fix the problem.

Whitefish Bay

• Whitefish Bay police blocked traffic for a very low hanging wire across the road in the 1700 block of East Hampton Road. We Energies was notified.
  

Glendale

• A Whitefish Bay woman hit a pedestrian crossing Silver Spring Drive at Mohawk Avenue in Glendale at 10 a.m. Saturday. Paramedics performed basic life support, and then the person was transported to an area hospital.

• At Bayshore Town Center, a Boston Store employee was stuck in the store's freight elevator at 2 p.m. Saturday. Crews removed the employee from the elevator, and the store's management was instructed not to operate the elevator until it could be repaired.