Power line arc causes smoke and brief outage in Palatine, Palatine IL


A power line near North Smith Street and West Gulfview Terrace arced and created smoke, causing a brief power outage. The fire department responded to check for electrical hazards.
Audio|Source: Northwest Central Dispatch (NWCD) - FD1 and Firegrounds
01:48
Transcript:
00:00
District 85, Engine 81, Code 2[2], Electrical Hazard[1], North Smith Street, and West Gulfview Terrace in Palatine, map page, RR4. Engine 82, you guys want to jump on that? No problem. Yep. Sirfonds, A2. Thank you. Thank you.
00:24
You return into 81, put us on that line, drop call. Research engine, 81, you can remain in the course. 81 copies, thanks again, too. All right, command, we just talked to an employee. They had a quick power outage, alarm went off.
00:49
I stayed alarming for probably about a minute, maybe less, and then reset on his own. He didn't touch it. All right, thank you. Now we're back for trouble with to probably put an RFO. All right, very good, thanks. Keep believing in our phone.
01:15
Command terminated. Commandantated. Commissioner Hsu, you're resigning for the power issue, Smith Street and Gulfview Terrace. Smith Street and Galilee Terrace, a complaint saw arcing over her vehicle and then a line popped and now there's smoke. North of Gulfview Terrace and south of the church. Near Smith Street and Gulfview Terrace.
Police codes explained
The following codes appeared in the transcript and are explained below:
[1]
Electrical Hazard: Potentially dangerous electrical situation
[2]
Code 2: Non-emergency response (FD)
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Location mentioned:
N Smith St & W Golfview Terrace, Palatine, IL 60067
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