Utility poles down causing power outages and road closures, Montville CT
Multiple utility poles and power lines were knocked down near CT-85 and CT-161 in Montville, causing power outages and road closures. Fire and emergency services worked with public works and the utility company to manage hazards and reroute traffic safely.
Audio|Source: Montville Fire and EMS
06:57
Transcript:
00:00
Roger, and at this time it's just strand wires, there's a pole damage, sir, Cpc 178.
00:07
Give me a minute, we do have no power down here on there.
00:13
Okay.
00:17
Station MN3, can you let whoever's coming from companies know we have multiple damage poles and primaries have been pulled down?
00:31
Visit M3, you're on fire dispatch, multiple poles, damage, and multiple lines down.
00:39
Response to M13s, responding to the Valgoose.
00:43
13 to the Valgoose.
00:49
Man from 300.
00:58
M3 from 300.
01:01
Go ahead, 300.
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300.
01:09
300. 300.
01:12
Go ahead,
01:16
300. You need my services up there or do you want me to stay right here but that's fellow?
01:25
Stay up there.
01:30
Roger, stay right here.
01:38
Lobble from 18.
01:46
All right, now,
01:48
currently it's just a triad that has pulled the primaries, no poles involved at this time.
01:54
We're definitely going to need public works also priority to approve.
02:00
Ever Source.
02:04
1474 were stopped in front of the whole service is ripped off the house, just so you know.
02:09
Thank you know.
02:12
Receive.
02:18
Number 4 to have a bridge if you want to shut down at 161.
02:28
9400 on scene, Route 85.
02:29
4-400 on scene, Route 85.
02:35
1480.
02:38
I'm about two on scene values 27 and 13.
02:43
Tim Hold on, Raymond Hill.
02:45
Your extensive value is here.
02:53
18 and 27.
02:57
27. 27. 27.
02:59
You can take up, I'll hold, sir.
03:09
I, the message got clipped, Chief, can you repeat? We're going...
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We're going...
03:20
...27 Montpel on the seat.
03:24
27 on the seat. 27 on C.
03:31
Number four to have three.
03:37
All right, M4.
03:41
Do you want to push down no one to make if you want to shut down?
03:48
All right, sir, we're going to need that, and then I'm going to need somebody to come in from the south end and shut down 85 so that I can start getting traffic turned around.
03:58
This is going to be closed for a while.
04:07
Portia an M1, I am a tree rather.
04:14
Okay
04:18
Rayce if I'm just trying to figure out about 160 when we got a line of traffic now.
04:24
Yeah.
04:27
Was that a yes for 161 or no?
04:36
Yes, we should sit down, um,
04:39
we're going to have, we can't send people down sat to tell either because of where the poles are snapped.
04:46
Okay,
04:48
so we need to shut down on 161 and we need to shut down on that's the cell one.
04:55
Roger and then also somebody eventually all the way down to Butler Town.
05:06
Station M2 M3.
05:10
That's Montefo.
05:12
Waterford has been advised.
05:14
If I need to, you want to have them close down to 85 at Lake Ponds.
05:22
10, that would be greatly opposed.
05:27
I'll get a hold of Water for Bobo's 985 in Lake Ponds.
05:35
Monceau 13's on the scene.
05:40
13 on the scene. 13 on the scene.
05:43
16, 18.
05:46
As I have.
05:50
Stop there for a minute, let M2 out, and then find yourself available space.
05:56
Be ready.
05:57
Fallistated.
06:00
Hi.
06:04
5 in Lake Ponds, then directing people up to Butler County.
06:09
Follow M3, receive that.
06:11
Thank you.
06:17
100 quarters.
06:20
One hundred quarters.
06:22
One hundred dollars.
06:26
41, a mob on me locating to 161 and 85.
06:30
I put a note in a CAD for you.
06:34
Thanks, sir.
06:41
Vaughville, 46 has 85 shut down on the Waterford side by Industriam.
06:48
At 46, it said it's operating on firetack 1 for M3 to switch up, please.
06:55
Copy, changing over.
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CT-85 & CT-161, Montville, CT 06370
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