Power line hazard with wire arcing on Ridge Street, Allegheny County PA
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Fire & ArsonAccording to the dispatch call, fire units responded to a potential power line hazard on Ridge Street. A guide wire appeared to be contacting a high voltage line with visible arcing and sparking near a tree. The situation was held by Engine 303 to prevent further issues.
Audio|Heard on: Allegheny County Fire - East
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Transcript:
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wire sparking and arcing,
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401 climb street,
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open. Carlin reporting the top wire and the branches in front of his house, it's actually going to be Ridge Street.
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Station 303, 122, 1503, 302, east side of 4,
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2041.
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303 engine 1 6.
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303 rescue would be able to three
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Bruce
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303 engine three as a captain
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Cotty, 303 assistance in a route
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3.03 assistance and 303 captains
00:51
Go ahead. Go ahead.
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B,
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do you want to throw out there or just wait?
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Just stand by for a second, I'll be there in a second.
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Here's the engine standing by and station.
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All right, it's got three or three assistance in the last.
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So let's continue to hold.
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The first one. The first three assistance and I have the opposite one.
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up there. Just standby for a second.
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Copy.
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14303 overstate the line station also.
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303 assistance, 303 engines.
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Okay.
01:39
I don't know if you heard dispatch, but they were saying at the bottom of a ridge here.
01:44
Yeah, I was just checking over here just up the east.
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All right, we're gonna loop around.
01:53
Three or three, and that's exactly where it's just four or so.
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Yeah, it's copy.
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I thought I've seen if I can get you to go down a ridge from the top, to see if you can see.
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Yeah,
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ten four, I'm checking slowly now.
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County's three or three systems and out the area
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Greece three oh three three hundred thanks for a second traffic
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freeze
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okay so this is three or three six you want to get them out with a
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neighbor here I'll give you that point a second
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122 holding the station.
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Assistant's action.
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All right.
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303 system
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I had some neighbors here show me exactly what was happening there's a guide wire that a tree is just pushing into it the guide wire is actually touching the high voltage line attention line here you start to gain light
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grease
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also county you can just hold this to myself and my engine
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Tommy Holden to 3-3 all of this.
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You can return the service.
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Location mentioned:
Ridge St, Wilkins Township, PA 15112
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