Storm causes downed wires and snapped streetlight, Brown County WI


Storm caused electrical wires to twist and a streetlight to snap near Glenrock Rd and Tower Rd. Crews are blocking the road and checking for pole damage. Several branches fell, but poles are intact.
Audio|Source: Brown County Fire & EMS
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Transcript:
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Engine in the 813[2] from the base.
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Go ahead.
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Do you want another engine out there?
00:07
Yeah, why don't you bring one of them so we can get the road blocked?
00:11
Okay, we copy that.
00:12
Well, Coney, this is engine 812[3] in Rhodes.
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Engine 812[3] from 802[1].
00:25
Yeah, go ahead.
00:26
Engine 812[3], why don't you take Tower Road to Glenrock Road and then take that to like, should progress here? Okay.
00:36
Spatch, 802[1] is on scene.
00:38
802[1] on scene, 252.
00:39
Dispatch, Rush 813[2] is on scene.
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Road 13 on scene, 252.
00:44
It's telling right in front you there where that cars with its four ways on, if you want to block it at that road.
00:49
Dispatch from 802[1]?
00:51
802[1]. Is WPS[4]1 a poll number?
00:53
Go ahead of that.
00:54
All right, so the closest one to the wires started twisting is 2-220-12-7, and it's that three and three poles to the south, the wires are twisted up from it.
01:11
Ten-four, is there any pull damage?
01:12
We'll be investigating that the wires are pulled down.
01:14
Ten-for.
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402. Go ahead.
01:16
Do you have any pull damage over there? No,
01:20
so far all the poles look fine, the light snapped off right here where I'm standing.
01:25
The rest of it's coiled up right here.
01:26
I don't see any pole damage.
01:27
Dispatch, I don't if you copy.
01:28
There's no pole damage, but some branches came down except the wires off the pole damage.
01:34
Dispatch the chief 802[1].
01:36
Go ahead. 15-15 minute EPA for WPS[4].
01:38
Copy the 15 minute ETA.
Police codes explained
The following codes appeared in the transcript and are explained below:
[1]
802: Unit identifier
[2]
813: Unit identifier
[3]
812: Unit identifier
[4]
WPS: Wisconsin Public Service (utility company)
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Location mentioned:
Glenrock Rd & Tower Rd, Glenmore, WI 54115
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