Tractor tangled with power line creating hazard, Leavenworth County KS
A tractor struck and became entangled with a live electrical power line on Hollingsworth Road, creating a dangerous electrical hazard. The operator was told to stay inside until power company crews arrived to resolve the situation.
Audio|Source: Leavenworth County Volunteer Fire Dispatch
02:46
Transcript:
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Paramount Township electrical hazard, Hollingsworth Road west of 155th.
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(Name withheld) is in a John Deere tractor,
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still has a power line hooked to the pole to his equipment.
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Fairmont Township, 340, 1525.
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Dispatch, Agent 761,
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show us response.
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104, 1526.
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Easton Township,
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Grassfire,
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Near 243rd Street, small grassfire going up a hill, approximately 50 feet from the barn,
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Eastern Township, 1527.
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Engine 762 dispatch would show us en route.
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1527.
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Dispatch engine 761, can you go ahead and order average you please?
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Townsworth, 1527.
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Dispatch 946.
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Dispatch 946.
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946.
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946 and 958 will be en route to the station from 175th Street in Springdale.
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10.4.1530 hours.
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9.54 dispatch.
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Dispatch. Dispatch engine 761.
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761.
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We have a tractor and his implement into a power line that's above the vehicle.
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We're instructing him to stay in until we get averaging here.
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Did you have them extract back, please?
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10-4[1], 1530 hours.
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Location mentioned:
Hollingsworth Rd, Fairmount Township, KS
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