Hazardous power lines delay rescue at 10th Ave location, Battle Ground WA
Fire & ArsonEmergency crews responded to downed power lines near 10th Avenue that delayed rescue operations. Firefighters and police secured the area and waited for utility workers to cut wires before beginning extrication.
Audio|Source: Clark County Fire Districts
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Transcript:
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Yeah, I know change in patient condition, but he is getting very restless and irritated.
00:04
Receive.
00:05
Command from Offside 2.
00:06
Command, go ahead.
00:07
Closest P.D Responder, five minutes, they're going to be coming from the north.
00:12
Appreciate this five.
00:13
You can't see.
00:14
Everyone, 41, 41.
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Command Engine 29, P.D.
00:17
Pulling up. Receive. PUD[2] is pulling up.
00:19
Off 52. Did you copy that?
00:21
I copy PD[3] arriving 2144.
00:23
7.00.
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7.051 from FireCom.
00:27
707. Northwest 10th Avenue.
00:30
Priority 2.
00:31
Engine 31. Medic 31.
00:34
I'm solved.
00:35
707 Northwest 10th Avenue.
00:38
Map page 1310.
00:40
They're going to work on cutting the wire five to ten minutes and then we can go to work.
00:53
So just to be clear they need to cut the wire before we go to work.
00:56
That's affirmative.
00:57
The system is not grounded and he's worried about back feeding through the system.
01:01
Okay, receive.
01:02
We'll wait till they give us the clear.
01:04
One more tech coming, but five or less out.
01:08
Receive.
01:09
Medic. 41 from Engine 41, we're going to stage around you on Delhi. Engine 23 Firefighter. Can you ask the PD[3] guy if we should move the engines back farther when he goes to cut that line? Copy that, I'll ask him.
01:31
He's assessing the lines right now. First, there's been two more PD[3] trucks just showed up. DEN-23 firefighter copies. FireContin, engine 41. Engine 41. Engine 41, medic 41 will be staged at Young Deli.
01:57
Never mind, I think that PD[3] rigs getting around his rig. The NIC-41 Engine 41 from Firecom, you can approach your code form.
02:13
Command engine 29, we're clear to start working. Receives, we're clear to start working. Office 52, you mark that that it was starting extrication[1]. Starting extrication at 2151.
Police codes explained
The following codes appeared in the transcript and are explained below:
[1]
extrication: Rescue operation involving removing a trapped person
[2]
PUD: Public Utility District (utility company handling electrical hazards)
[3]
PD: Police Department presence for scene safety
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Location mentioned:
Near NW 10th Ave, Battle Ground, WA 98604
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