Downed electrical wire causes power outage near Tilghman St, Allentown PA
Fire & ArsonFire units responded to a downed primary electrical wire causing a power outage near Tilghman Street. The wire was identified as a high-voltage top line wire. Police were notified and the utility company was contacted to address the issue. No injuries were reported, and residents were advised to stay clear of the area until the situation was resolved.
Audio|Source: Lehigh County Fire and Northampton County Fire Tac-5
02:45
Transcript:
00:00
I had a call-in to the station for near Tilghman Street for a transformer and power out in the area.
00:09
Can you start a card for us and just keep it to station four?
00:15
10-4[1]-G4.
00:21
Okay, QG4. Do you need a verbal dispatch?
00:26
Negative County, myself and Brush 4 and Traffic 4 are on the card.
00:33
Step 4G4.
00:35
Good man, we get it back.
00:45
Timmy damper, I'm thinking maybe some type of intermittent backraft or something that happened there.
00:51
That thing seems to be firing pretty good now.
00:54
All right, very good.
00:59
Are we having any signs or anything else at this point?
01:06
Rush for the traffic for on fire south, reverse.
01:22
No.
01:25
Before responding.
01:29
10.4 in system 4.
01:35
Assistant 4 do you show me on location?
01:38
104 at system 4.
01:44
Rush 4 on fire south to all units on Kilman Street.
01:48
Vacate from the wire down.
01:50
It is a high-pension,
01:52
top line wire.
02:00
Yes, I'm, when the guys are going to walk through there, we just finished speaking to the homeowners, uh,
02:05
pointing to them that we were unable to reproduce the problem.
02:07
Obviously, feel free to call back any time if necessary.
02:13
Hold their distance checked, and qualified for it.
02:21
County Radio Chief 4.
02:23
Chief 4.
02:27
I do have a primary wire down on near Tilghman Street.
02:30
I got a poll number for you when you're ready.
02:36
Chief Ford, police did give it to us and we did notify PPL as well.
02:41
We're going to give them the update a poll number from PD.
02:44
That sounds good, thank you.
Police codes explained
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[1]
10-4: Acknowledgment or confirmation—message received and understood.
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Location mentioned:
Near Tilghman St, Allentown, PA 18102
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