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Fire crews responded to wires down incident at or near 36 Gram for safety hazard; road later reopened and operations terminated at 618 New Durham.Metuchen NJ

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New Durham Rd, Metuchen, NJ 08840

As discussed during the dispatch call, fire crews responded to wires down incident at or near 36 Gram for safety hazard; road later reopened and operations terminated at 618 New Durham.

Audio|Heard on: Middlesex NJ Fire Dispatch Group Calls
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01:38
Transcript:
00:00
Engine 47, respond to 3.6 gram of for wires down.
00:05
Engine 47 respond to 36 Graham of for wires down.
00:10
Command engine 2, take that call in.
00:16
92 responding 36 for the wire downed.
00:19
Racing, engine 2, 1056.
00:21
Engine 1,
00:22
let's make our final pickup to get the road open.
00:25
We're going to clear.
00:37
Engine 1, get your manned tire return.
00:41
Central from Fire Command,
00:43
618 New Durham.
00:45
Road is open, who is open?
00:47
Receive, 208.
00:49
Agent 2 will be arriving.
00:51
Receive, 1059.
00:52
200, what's your location?
00:55
I'm at the rear door.
00:56
We're checking.
00:59
They turn the power on to the solar backup batteries, and I tested the wires on the ground.
01:06
They are negative, so it's not back speeding through the meter.
01:11
And they're checking now.
01:13
Can I clear engine one? We have the road open again.
01:17
Yeah, that's affirmative.
01:19
I'm clearing on my way to car two right now.
01:23
Received.
01:24
Central from Fire Command.
01:26
Command is terminated at 618 New Durham.
01:29
The building's been turned back over the occupants.
01:31
They've been given instructions on what they need to do to get all their utilities back up and running.
01:35
Received. Command terminated at 1100.

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New Durham Rd, Metuchen, NJ 08840

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