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Low-hanging cable wire on 10th Street between Avenues I and H, caused when a garbage truck struck the line, bringing down a tree and blocking the road; DPW and cable company requested to clear hazards.Matamoras PA

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Avenue H, Matamoras, PA 18336

According to the dispatch call, low-hanging cable wire on 10th Street between Avenues I and H, caused when a garbage truck struck the line, bringing down a tree and blocking the road; DPW and cable company requested to clear hazards.

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02:33
Transcript:
00:00
Matamoras, 10th Street between Avenue's I&H for a low-hanging wire, 32-engine reeler.
00:10
Mattomores, 10th Street, between avenues I&H for a low-hanging wire, 32-engine reeler, 952.
00:21
Comptain, 32 engine.
00:25
32 engine 1.
00:29
32-engine 1 responded.
00:33
954. 10th Street between avenues I and H.
00:37
Original calls from the bus company reporting a low-h-h received a call from somebody on site reporting cable wires down.
00:46
No sparking.
00:53
Thank you, Angel, One, repeat.
00:56
John, Center, 409.
00:58
4.091.
01:04
Arrived at Pocono, end in 65391.
01:12
Arrived, 2958.
01:17
3021. 321.
01:22
On scene.
01:24
Nice fatigue.
01:26
Counter,
01:32
32, Angel 1.
01:35
32, engine 1.
01:37
Okay,
01:39
can you notify the cable company? This is going to be their wire.
01:41
Also going to need the DPW to this location.
01:45
Cable is going to go to 21810th Street.
01:52
9. 529.
01:58
32 engine one, officer.
02:03
32 engine one's on.
02:05
What is DPW needed for? Road closure.
02:11
Negative Compton is going to be a small tree that took this power line down.
02:15
They're going to have to cut this up and get it out of the road at the hazard.
02:19
Appreciate you.
02:24
What we're being told the garbage truck came down, down the road here, took down the cable line,
02:30
which brought down the tree.
02:33
Great you, Tyler.

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Avenue H, Matamoras, PA 18336

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Incident Timeline

  1. DPW Removes Tree
  2. Cause Identified and Hazard Cleared
  3. Cable Company and DPW Notified
  4. Confirmation of Cable Wires Down
  5. Initial Report of Low-Hanging Wire

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