Fire hydrant releasing water during line work
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Franklin County Public Safety
03:11
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This is North Franklin County Fire Department.
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Need you to respond in the area of Ooltewah and Bates Lane.
00:05
Fire hydrant gushing water.
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Area of (number withheld) in Bates Lane for a fire hydrant gushing water.
00:11
Stand by a 2nd .
00:25
Attention North Franklin County Fire Department, need to respond area of Holtaloma and Bates Lane for a fire hydrant gushing water.
00:31
Holtaloma, Bates Lane, hydrant gushing water.
00:34
Communication clear, 1605.
00:41
623 County.
00:45
Go ahead.
00:49
The utility company is doing some work right past that fire hydrant.
00:53
I'm not sure if we need to go there or not, but I'll make a couple phone calls.
00:57
Which vehicle
01:06
is it for?
01:09
Vehicle number one, a Nissan.
01:11
County
01:12
has
01:25
just been about (number withheld).
01:27
We're in the area of Main Street near the fire hydrant, commercial water, fire department.
01:31
They got a few calls trying to figure it out.
01:33
Go
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ahead, 600.
01:44
Give me a public service.
01:45
I made no contact with the water department.
01:48
You said they've been working on a line there close.
01:53
They're up right at that house that was on fire the other night doing some work on the water line out there.
02:02
Okay, I've called the manager, didn't make any contact with him.
02:06
I've called the water plant, didn't make no contact.
02:08
So apparently if they were working, then
02:14
I'll call the emergency contact number, see if I can get one of them to call.
02:19
We'll just let her flow until I find out something.
02:33
I just spoke to 617 on
03:04
the phone. He's over at the water department.
03:05
Okay,
03:07
they're just bleeding that hydrant over there.
03:10
They're just working on it.