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Storm knocks down trees and poles, trapping residents 

audio iconFire & Arson, Road Closure, Medical Emergency
Near W Locust St, Belvidere, IL 61008
Radio traffic describes storm damage with many trees and utility poles down. Houses and streets are blocked, power is out, live wires are arcing, and a small grass fire is present. Crews report people trapped in a house and two people stuck in an elevator; responders are coordinating road closures, gas shutoff, and rescue staging.
Audio|Source: Boone County Fire Dispatch
09:33

Transcript:
Belvedere Station 1, Belvedere Station 1. We have trees down on two houses, 613 West Locust, 613 West Locust, and 818 Union. 613 has somebody trapped in the house. Station 1, Belvedere, Station 1, 613 West Locust, and 818 Union Avenue, trees down on the house. 613 West Locust, we have subjects trapped in the house, no power. What was the house that people are trapped? 613 West Locust, 613 West Locust. 613 West Locust. All right. All right. We did, we were able to shut up the gas line to the house. So he's mitigated, but it's a nightclub still needs to come out and take a look at it. Everybody's out of the house and we'll be staying away from this. So we'll be freeing up on this call heading over there. 102 diverting to Locust, 10 4. 1-7-1-7-down on 6th Street. 104, message is 3-31. We're going to shut it down at 6th Street. 3-9-6th Street. We've got multiple poles down, multiple poles down. I can't even get through. 10-4[1]. Belvedere and Logan. Belvedere and Logan. Shut down. Belvedere and 20. 10-4. Shut down 6th Street at Qadown. around the block. I don't know if this is wired or what. I'm still trying to get around it. I'm in Farmington now. This is 332 from 331. Stop, just behind our ambulance. We have debris on the roadway just past. to say the in-service with the next call, respond to grass street to your location. I don't know if we'll need a grass right here. Just hold tight. I'm trying to get to where we're at. Message received in service for the crew of one, ready for the next call. Done, county, try to limit your traffic right now. Union Tempor. in that area. One night two view on one point one free. Trouble 396 we got line of arcing wires one pole north of Belvedere and persons road. I gotta say we've least got 16 poles knocked down. We're one north of persons on back. 3996 341 we're at Belvedere and Logan where would you like us? The grassfire I'm seeing, it's right here with the white water laying on the ground. There's nothing we're going to do about it. Town floor. Can you give me a call on myself, please? I left mine at home. Want to go to red? request North Park with an engine over to our station in case anything else comes in. Text 4. I've got it blocked here persons and salvage here. We had traffic going through right next to them poles and wires. Control 121 has been released by command. We'll be staging. Option 2. Available. from 391. 391. On the West Logan. Anyone, go ahead. So can you not qualify North Park and (name withheld) they can do a change of quarters with an engine and achieve to District 2 stations, please? Change your quarters with an engine and achieve? 104. To District 2.104. 192. Thank you for change in quarters from (name withheld). They are not answering. (name withheld), thank you. 3 to start heading up here for some of this? 10-4. Go ahead and have District 3 stage at District 2 station, and then they can be available for city or county. I'm about to tone out two subjects trapped at Shadley apartment elevators. I was just going to have them head that way. 101.3, they should be able to take Shadley for us. Please continue with North Spoon. 1-0.1, if you could have the Shadley, 10-4. Two subjects, 12th floor, stuck on the elevator, no injuries. Control, 20 Edward 2. 20 Edward 2. Be advised. Appleton row is completely blocked off with down trees and lines, though they're aware and not coming this direction. 3, if you could head towards the city, stage at District 2 be available for any city or District 2 calls.

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10-4: Acknowledgement/Message Received

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Near W Locust St, Belvidere, IL 61008
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