Live power line fire sparks brush near canal path
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Northampton PA Fire-Tac Group Calls
03:44
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00:00
It's intersection of Island Park Road and Mile Road.
00:02
Caller saying there's a wire down by the railroad tracks right in the border there of Williams and Lower Mount Bethel.
00:06
They're saying that the brush is starting to catch fire also.
00:11
51, copy.
00:13
Yeah, you can hold my alert.
00:17
2012
00:20
responding.
00:23
2012 1803, Island Park Road at Mile Road.
00:28
Wires down, sparking and brush starting to catch.
00:33
Yeah, 2851.
00:35
I'll be on location.
00:37
I'll assume command.
00:41
What was your unit number? I was on another channel.
00:46
2851.
00:49
1804 in command.
00:54
2852 to 51, what do you need down there?
01:00
Just give me a brush truck.
01:02
It's going to be on the other side of the railroad tracks going to the lock tender's house.
01:09
Appreciate it.
01:12
EMS 20, if you want to pass my vehicle,
01:15
you'll see a pull off on your left at the warehouse there.
01:22
County from 28, come in.
01:25
All right,
01:31
two things.
01:32
I'm gonna need med.
01:34
I'll get that for you in a minute.
01:36
And if you want to notify North Penn Power, ServicElectric, we'll be right on the edge of the railroad tracks.
01:44
30, we'll do.
01:46
County 2042, 52 responding.
01:50
Copy that, please.
01:52
36.
01:55
52, we got enough for 43 at the station.
02:00
Yeah, I'm gonna hit 43 out in a minute.
02:05
All right, 10-4.
02:09
Yeah, it's 398.
02:13
36.
02:17
Yeah, I'm from 28, come in.
02:21
Yeah, I'm from 2851.
02:25
Go ahead.
02:29
All right, two more things.
02:31
One, I don't know if you want to notify either Easton PD or Easton Fire.
02:37
Their canal walks and their canal tender's house.
02:42
The line's going to drop through the canal over to their walking path.
02:46
I have no way to access it from here.
02:50
And then I have that pole number when you're ready.
02:58
Yeah, bye. One 2nd .
03:02
All right, go ahead with the call number.
03:07
Med Ed (number withheld).
03:15
I got a live power line on fire, arcing and sparking in the canal.
03:22
Repeat.
03:25
County 2843 responding, copy all updates.
03:30
Received. 2851, do you want the train to help?
03:36
Negative, just use caution please.
03:42
2842 is on location.
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