Fire unit power secured after electric shock incident, Brevard County FL


Firefighters encountered electric shock while trying to turn off breakers in a fire unit. They requested the power company to disconnect the meter to ensure full power shutdown during the fire response.
Audio|Source: Brevard County Fire Departments
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Transcript:
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Engine 51. You can secure utilities in that fire room, make sure most breakers, minimal lighting is active.
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Most breakers off and give a couple on for lighting that are in a state area.
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Man, Trenfretti-K.
00:17
Go for truck 32.
00:19
We're dropping it back.
00:25
Go back up by my man.
00:27
Cancel back man. We're available.
00:28
Danger 51 command.
00:29
Go ahead. Yeah, we were unable to secure all the power in the panel.
00:33
We actually got zapped, grabbing the breakers.
00:35
There's a way FPL can pull the meter for this unit.
00:38
Copy that. May I go to the beach.
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We're gonna be standby.
00:40
We're just working on securing power to the fire unit.
00:44
Copy, working on securing power to the fire unit.
00:46
Copy, working on securing power.
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Brevard County, FL
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