Tree and power lines block road near Empire Grade, Santa Cruz CA
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Fire & ArsonAs discussed during the dispatch call, emergency crews responded to a downed tree that struck a fence and power lines near Empire Grade in Santa Cruz. The scene was inaccessible due to debris and electrical hazards, and PG&E assistance was requested. Units attempted alternate access from a nearby road to reach a patient. No confirmed injuries or damage details were reported at this time.
Audio|Heard on: SanMateo County Fire, CalFire CZU
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03:58
Transcript:
00:00
Can you confirm if they're on Empire or they moved down to Ice Creek?
00:07
Last location was near Empire Grade Road for a tree into a fence.
00:17
Copy, we'll be en route there.
00:47
Please have PG&E in their queue that we jeered off high voltage.
01:14
At the reporting party address, three cross.
01:18
Thank you.
01:37
Engine seven.
01:44
At.
01:59
Engine 27,
02:01
Smoke detector near Bay Ridge Way in Sammatale.
02:04
Near Bay Ridge Way in Sammatale.
02:06
Three.
02:07
Control one.
02:09
Engine ten.
02:12
And seven.
02:16
Available.
02:20
Twenty-seven.
02:26
Six two.
02:29
We're unable to reset on the alarm system.
02:32
Genetic security is to contact Siemens Alarm Company and try and get one of any.
02:38
The alarm will remain in trouble mode.
02:50
Six, they're coming up.
02:51
They're going to be in trouble mode. Do you have a time frame?
02:55
It's negative at this time.
02:59
Six, ten, one.
03:05
And forty-one eleven south on ten.
03:09
Uh, (name withheld), we made contact with the problem.
03:14
That's supposed to be a dead line.
03:21
And forty-one eleven south, be advised your transmission is broken.
03:30
Felton Engine 4111, how do you copy?
03:35
Clear.
03:38
So we've made contact with the homeowners.
03:41
It's going to be inaccessible due to the power lines and trees down across the roadway to the driveway.
03:47
We're going to try to make alternate access from Patricia Lane.
03:52
We're going to have trouble getting the patient from the house.
03:56
Can we expedite PG&E please?
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Location mentioned:
Empire Grade, Santa Cruz, CA 95060
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