Wire hanging from broken telephone pole at road intersection, Berks County PA


A wire is hanging from a broken telephone pole near Hayfer Road and Manitoni Road. The fire department says there is no immediate danger and the wires are communication lines, not power lines.
Audio|Source: Berks County and Reading Fire / EMS
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Transcript:
Dutility 19 in the area 1429. Bercke's Captain 19. Captain 19. I spoke to the caller. This is going to be, there's nothing we can do about it. The wire is hanging down from a broken telephone pole at Hayfer Road and Manitoni Road. I can give you a poll number, but there's nothing we can do about it. Have you told the call? I know what the fire department can do, wire hanging from a broken telephone pole at Hayfer Road and Manitone Road, correct? That is correct. Go ahead with the poll number. We have meted poll 5645-55-3-386-59. It's Captain 19. It is a MED poll, but I believe these are going to be communication lines. I don't know who's responsible for them at this time. The MED poll, the line, the pole was replaced, but the com wires are still hanging on the broken pole that needs to be removed yet. Message received, so then it's not a METT issue.
Dutility 19 in the area 1429. Bercke's Captain 19. Captain 19. I spoke to the caller. This is going to be, there's nothing we can do about it. The wire is hanging down from a broken telephone pole at Hayfer Road and Manitoni Road. I can give you a poll number, but there's nothing we can do about it. Have you told the call? I know what the fire department can do, wire hanging from a broken telephone pole at Hayfer Road and Manitone Road, correct? That is correct. Go ahead with the poll number. We have meted poll 5645-55-3-386-59. It's Captain 19. It is a MED poll, but I believe these are going to be communication lines. I don't know who's responsible for them at this time. The MED poll, the line, the pole was replaced, but the com wires are still hanging on the broken pole that needs to be removed yet. Message received, so then it's not a METT issue.
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Berks County, PA
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