Vehicle hits power pole causing small vegetation fire, Los Angeles County CA
TrafficFirefighters responded to a traffic collision near Gilton where a vehicle struck a power pole, causing power lines to fall and ignite a small vegetation fire. There was no structural damage. Utility company Edison was contacted to assist. Police blocked roads around the area for safety. No patients were found requiring transport.
Audio|Source: Los Angeles County Fire - Command 30
05:35
Transcript:
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L842 at near Gilton.
00:03
We have traffic collision into a pole, power lines down,
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vegetation on fire,
00:12
no flames extending to the structure, hold all units.
00:19
Engine 42 LA copies traffic collision into a pole with lines down confirming no structural threat.
00:30
Okay,
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quint 166.
00:33
Come on and help out with extinguishing fire.
00:37
I'm not sure if we have live lines yet, I'm assuming we do.
00:43
Copy.
00:48
Forty-two, 47 on scene.
00:53
A47, stand by on a hydrant, just in case the structure catches fire and hold it for now.
01:02
Copy on a hydrant.
01:09
Engine 420 LA.
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L.A. L.A. Go ahead.
01:14
Engine 42 LA, just confirming this is a working fire?
01:19
Yeah,
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it's a working fire, just penetration, no structural damage or impingement to the structure.
01:26
Elley, go ahead and start Edison.
01:29
We've got police in place, blocking both directions.
01:34
LA copies,
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starting Edison.
01:41
Hey, 42 is quint for about a blockout.
01:44
What do you need?
01:51
L, engine 42.
01:53
Engine 42, go ahead.
01:57
L.A.L.42, this will be the Glendon IC,
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in front of the structure on Glendon.
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We're in offensive mode at the moment,
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and no further needs.
02:17
Engine 42, L.A.
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copies. This is now the Glendon incident.
02:27
Agent 42 with 910 confirming, is this a vegetation or a structure response?
02:34
Confirm.
02:40
This is a small vegetation fire with power lines down and power pole traffic collision.
02:43
We can handle with engine 42, Agent 47, and Quint 166.
02:56
LA, do you copy that too?
03:01
L.A. copies.
03:03
Engine 42, engine 47, and quint 166 can handle.
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Engine 42 L.A.
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L.A., go ahead for Glendon, ICLA.
03:18
Do you still need an ambulance on this incident here?
03:24
Yeah, ambulance on traffic collision.
03:25
We'll hold on to him for a bit.
03:27
We're assessing the traffic collision patients.
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patients.
03:32
LA copies.
03:36
LA battalion 10 is on scene.
03:39
Battalion 10 on the scene.
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Battalion 10 on the scene.
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42 battalion 10.
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It is a 42 battalion 10 on command.
04:03
Hey, battalion, can't go for the other, I see?
04:07
Yeah, you have any needs, so I copy.
04:09
You got somebody working on the traffic collision and someone working on the fire?
04:15
Yeah, for him, I'm going to have quint 166 working on this fire.
04:20
Agent 47 is working on a traffic collision patient.
04:23
Just a heads up, patient ran.
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So there's really no patient, but they'll stand by here also for security with the power line.
04:31
We have power lines all the way down to the hotel and to the west of us.
04:38
Okay, copy, let's go ahead and handle that fire and you need things for me.
04:46
Battalion, go ahead.
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Battalion, go ahead.
05:04
LA, the battalion, NACC, command post will be on Glendon.
05:11
We do have vegetation on fire with one pole down traffic collision,
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able to handle units on scene.
05:22
Go ahead and notify utilities if you haven't done so, no public information officer, no safety.
05:31
Glendon and ICLA copies,
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starting utilities.
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