Vehicle damages fiber optic box on Long Ridge Road, Stamford CT
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Fire & ArsonAccording to the dispatch call, a vehicle struck a fiber optic communication box near Long Ridge Road and Wildwood Road in Stamford, causing wires to go down. Emergency units responded and conducted area checks. The box sustained damage but the road remains open.
Audio|Heard on: Fairfield CT Fire Dispatch Group Calls
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02:50
Transcript:
00:00
Attention Long Ridge Fire Units.
00:02
Engine 9. Respond to Long Ridge Road and Wildwood Road.
00:07
The wires down.
00:08
Time 1236.
00:12
74's in route.
00:17
1237. 714's in route.
00:20
1237.
00:22
7.1 on the way.
00:28
1237.
00:32
714 in the area.
00:36
The rest of you are 1240.
00:39
714 to Stamford.
00:41
Go ahead and code one all units not unseen.
00:43
An immediate canvas of the area doesn't have anything obvious.
00:45
We're going to do a second pass.
00:48
With the staff of the units responding to Long Ridge, Wildwood, Code 1, Code 1, it's canvas in the area, nothing apparently showing, 1240.
00:58
340. Please, 40, C.
01:00
7-1 to Stamford, can you give me a TAC channel?
01:03
D.S. on Long Ridge, what do you give you on TAC-1, TAC-1?
01:08
3-2, TAC-1.
01:13
And 7-1 to Stamford.
01:16
7-1.
01:18
Recall holding in 7-1.
01:21
It's going to be IFO near Long Ridge Road.
01:26
Looks like it's some kind of fiber optic box that got whacked down.
01:29
I'll give you all the info on gallery.
01:33
All right, receiving all with a recall holding 7-1.
01:37
It's going to be near Long Ridge Road.
01:40
Looks like it's going to be a fiber optic.
01:43
Waiting for further info.
01:44
1243.
01:47
7-1 Stamford, let me know when you're ready for a poll.
01:51
Vote to poll number.
01:53
F&E-Poll, 7399.
01:58
Looks like a car hit it.
02:00
We've got residuals of a mirror and glass here.
02:04
Paul doesn't look to be completely damaged.
02:07
You want to have them respond on a priority three.
02:10
And then this communication box, I can give you the off-info off that.
02:17
received fnitpoll 7399 looks like a car hit it we're going to have them respond priority 3 you can go at the ebox info
02:27
The Fox Info is 4R09-726.
02:36
No markings on who owns this, but it looks like it's fiber optic in nature.
02:42
I don't know if you want PD to make a report or not.
02:46
I received Fox Info 4R 0-726.
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Location mentioned:
Long Ridge Rd, Stamford, CT 06903
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