Report of sparking at electrical substation
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Prince George's MD Fire-Tac Group Calls
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Great Delta Three,
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8000 8000 Greenbelt Station Parkway.
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Report of fire smoke at a Pepco substation.
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Box 1102 . Engine 08:12 B, engine 08:51 , engine 08:34 , paramedic engine 08:48 , truck 08:14 , truck 801 , truck 07:16 , paramedic ambulance 08:58 , medic 08:12 , North EMS duty officer, hazmat company 16 , hazmat support company four.
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One safety officer, 100 battalion chief fifty-five, battalion chief fifty-four, mental alert to respond on Tactical 10, Delta 3.
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Communication battalion chief fifty-six.
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Looking at the map, I am thinking the correct address will be at (number withheld) Branchville Road.
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Battalion chief fifty-six.
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Okay.
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Engine 851, status and route with your staffing.
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Paramedic engine 48, status and route with your staffing.
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Truck 801, status and route with your staffing.
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Truck 716, with your staffing.
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Three.
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Yeah, I'll be in route with three.
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Engine 12, be communication.
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We're gonna have my own hydrant.
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Looks like (number withheld)
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Branchville Road.
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Copy on hydrant (number withheld) Branchville Road.
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Engine 12, be communication.
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Someone on the scene.
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It's going to be an open air electrical substation.
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There's nothing evident. I'll have tactical command.
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I got you on scene, open air electrical station.
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You got task command, nothing evident.
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And Engine 12B, it's going to be that (number withheld) Branchville Road, correct?
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Engine 12B, communications, that's correct.
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I believe that's the address for a GPS there on my book is (number withheld) Branchville Road.
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I got you.
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Tactical command communications.
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Go ahead, tactical command.
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This is going to be a 1st party caller.
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Not able to get a good 360 with the fence.
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But I have nothing happening so far.
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All right, (name withheld).
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The tactical command communications, do you need contact with the public? Do they have a weapon around? Yeah, they've been advised.
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Tactical command communications.
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Go ahead, sir.
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All appears to be functioning normally.
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Can you try to call back before we release any units?
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Sure, stand by. Communication to tactical command.
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The calling party is in the apartments and she said that before you got on scene she saw sparking and bright lights from the location and the same thing happened the last night.
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Tactical command, okay.
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I'm not able to get to that side of the substation.
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If we could have a 3rd engine or 2nd truck check it out.
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Okay, 3814, tactical command, I checked on the back side, everything is clear.
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Tactical command, okay.
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Tactical command communications.
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I can hold this for myself and wait for Pepco.
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All others can return.
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Conditions good and ten.
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I got the units responding.
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You can go ahead and hold the call as good and ten.
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Engine 812B will remain on scene until Pepco gets on scene.