Traffic signal failure causes major congestion on North Main St, Greer SC
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According to the dispatch call, the traffic signal at North Main Street is broken and only allows green light for one direction, causing severe traffic jams. Officers are manually directing traffic and have contacted the traffic engineering team to fix the problem.
Audio|Heard on: Greer Police and Fire Dispatch
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02:47
Transcript:
00:00
We need to run the box.
00:01
Actually,
00:02
the light is allowing for green traffic on one side only on North Main.
00:08
We've got stone backed way up all the way as far as the eye can see.
00:16
Okay, boy. Okay, Quarters, if you would go ahead and make the call to traffic engineer, and I'll give her a 10-21[1] as well.
00:26
Ten, four, we're on the 21 now.
00:33
Mean, two-story residential nothing's showing,
00:36
engines you will have our human and me investigating.
00:43
Or is there any unit, um, 108, that can be 105 that direction?
00:49
So not one, so I'm headed that way anyway, so I can stop by.
00:59
104. Advise when you get 106, but don't jump in the box just yet.
01:06
Oh,
01:07
too,
01:10
go ahead.
01:12
The address is going to be (number withheld) drive for 106.
01:16
106.
01:18
104.
01:23
25.
01:26
Preval copies.
01:32
Infrastructure fire, 13 Ottawa, Ottawa, drive, tickets have a central one.
01:42
All right at 202.
01:49
Okay.
01:55
We did have a fire in the oven appears to be out.
01:58
We've secured power to the oven.
02:00
We do have a good amount of smoke in the building.
02:04
If you could keep me quint to, you could release all other units, we should be able to handle.
02:14
Please copy all other units can go available.
02:25
Hello.
02:31
Available. You start on my way.
02:32
We probably have to run this intersection manually until traffic engineering gets here.
02:37
Roll that 10-10-5[2].
02:41
Copy Bravo 10-5[2].
02:42
We have notified traffic engineering.
02:44
They see that one under text should be right over there.
Police codes explained
The following codes appeared in the transcript and are explained below:
[1]
10-21: Contact by telephone
[2]
10-5: Relay or transmit message or information to another unit or location.
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Location mentioned:
N Main St, Greer, SC
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