Road closed near Bull and Forgedale roads, Berks County PA
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Road ClosureAs discussed during the dispatch call, emergency crews closed Bull Road near Forgedale Road in District Township due to hazardous or obstructed roadway conditions. Barricades and cones were placed to ensure safety, with workers monitoring windy conditions that may have contributed to debris or road hazards. The closure appears to be precautionary until conditions improve.
Audio|Heard on: Berks PA Fire-Talk Group Calls
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01:32
Transcript:
00:00
Is the passive going to provide the barricades for here?
00:04
Yeah, I'll take care of that then.
00:06
I just want to get this road closed.
00:07
I'll come back up and get barricades and put them out later.
00:11
I think I was going to let the wind die a little bit.
00:14
Before it gets stored, so I'll put the barricades up.
00:19
The winds are supposed to go like this through the rest of the night and die down sometime mid to late morning tomorrow.
00:27
Yeah, I hear you.
00:29
I just know they're going to blow over.
00:32
Oh, you got to do what we can to get the road shut down.
00:34
That's a mess down there.
00:37
Yeah, like I said, I'm going to put cones and I'll go off.
00:39
I'll switch them out.
00:40
I'll try to see if I can maybe pick some of the wooden ones that they have in the garage if I can find them.
00:47
They're heavier.
00:49
All right. I'll stay up here until you get down to cap and we put cones up for the time being since you already have cones up down there at Bull and Forgedale.
00:58
I'm good.
01:03
Back him now, (name withheld).
01:05
You have one car that just came up.
01:10
7097, EMC 88, get a copy.
01:13
Yeah.
01:14
Now shut.
01:17
Any repeat?
01:18
Tense can't for a shutdown.
01:20
I'm sorry. Forgedale, I can't shut down.
01:22
So whenever you want to come down, you can.
01:26
All right. I'm going to write down this pole number, and me and my units that are up here are going to get out.
01:32
That's good.
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Location mentioned:
Bull Rd & Forgedale Rd, District Township, PA 19504
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