Tree blocks Gifford Hill Road in Grafton, Grafton NH
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Road ClosureAs discussed during the dispatch call, emergency crews responded to a tree blocking Gifford Hill Road in Grafton, New Hampshire. The downed tree brought down wires, making the roadway impassable until highway crews could arrive. During the response, a separate walk-in medical call for a possible broken ankle was handled by Canaan Fire and ambulance personnel.
Audio|Heard on: Upper Valley Area Police and Fire
Listen to dispatch call
03:45
Transcript:
00:00
Yeah, tree across the road about midway down Gifford Hill.
00:03
It's impassable.
00:10
We see it.
00:17
You head over to Grafton Four.
00:19
Do you have a more specific location on Gifford Hill?
00:28
There's still wires involved.
00:40
It's a five-minute job with a chainsaw.
00:54
Dispatch, Canaan station.
00:58
Answering Canaan station.
01:02
Give us a tone. We have a walk-in medical possible broken ankle.
01:06
Canaan station, I have the message.
01:17
Canaan ambulance, medical call near New Hampshire Route 118 in Canaan.
01:24
Canaan Fire Department, walk-in medical, broken ankle.
01:28
Canaan ambulance, medical call near New Hampshire Route 118 in Canaan.
01:34
Canaan Fire Department, walk-in medical, broken ankle.
01:39
Time out 1313.
01:43
Berg, canine station.
01:45
Canine three, canine station?
01:48
Joy, ambulance three on scene with patient contact.
01:54
Canine station, best receipt.
02:01
Chief.
02:04
Grass and Chief.
02:07
For PD up here, we've got a tree across the road.
02:11
And the road is impossible for us to get through at this time.
02:16
The town is about to say this before I send somebody up here to cut this tree up.
02:23
Received. We just got off the phone with the highway department.
02:25
They will be en route.
03:37
I'm going to block the road off at Gifford Hill and Wild Meadow Road until the highway gets here to Sanders Road.
03:44
Nobody goes up in here.
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Location mentioned:
Gifford Hill Rd & Wild Meadow Rd, Grafton, NH 03240
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