Broken power pole and vacuum truck requested near 56th Avenue, Ottawa County MI
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A utility crew reported a broken power pole near 56th Avenue and Hudsonville. They requested a vacuum truck to assist with repairs.
Audio|Heard on: Muskegon County Police, Fire, and EMS
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02:24
Transcript:
00:00
Hey, is this the one that Berben just is out on with Paul?
00:06
Yes, yes. I was just about to let you know.
00:09
I know he said he was going to give you a call.
00:13
Yeah, you didn't call about the broken poll.
00:16
It's a 50, I didn't see it on the notes, but this is the right job.
00:20
6421. You got a list of day coming down the way.
00:25
And did he say we need a vac truck?
00:32
I didn't see, or I didn't hear him say you need a back truck, but,
00:37
yeah, I'm looking at it.
00:39
Oh, I see why you don't see the nose.
00:40
You've got the wire down order and not the life death order.
00:45
Yeah, it's a 50-foot hole straight through with a down guy.
00:49
It's just a neutral that is broken there.
00:52
And you need a back truck?
00:57
Oh,
00:58
with the, yeah, probably you need a back truck.
01:04
Hey, Ray, um, let me know when you get out there, if you need a vac truck, I got one here that's just starting to suck a hole, so if you need it, uh, let me know.
01:16
Well, I'm pretty sure we're going to need it.
01:18
It's on 56th, uh,
01:20
Ave in Hudsonville.
01:22
I don't know if it's a skip pole or what.
01:26
It sounds like it's pretty much straight through and might be everything else in the ground.
01:33
Okay, yeah, we're on 32nd Avenue in Hudsonville, so maybe you can call (name withheld) when you get ready to need a VAT truck, and you can have ours when he's done.
01:46
Okay, is that the unconstablevisor there, Shawnee? (name withheld)?
01:53
Oh,
01:55
(name withheld) just left here, so...
01:59
Okay, copy that, thank you, Corey.
02:03
Yeah, anytime.
02:08
Sorry,
02:10
he's all correct on that.
02:12
Did you want me to contact (name withheld) or were you going to call (name withheld)?
02:18
I wonder why it's working.
02:19
We might be going to go a lot quicker because (name withheld) know who's out there and probably can direct in our way.
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56th Ave, Michigan
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