Cable line temporarily placed above ground near Lake Country Inn, Oconomowoc WI
Other Non-Crime EventA passerby reported a cable wire connected to a box placed above ground near Lake Country Inn on West Wisconsin Avenue. Fire responders investigated and confirmed it was fiber or cable temporarily above ground with no power hazard.
Audio|Source: Waukesha County Fire - West
03:46
Transcript:
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Truck 53, Alpha Electrical Hazard, near West Wisconsin Avenue, between Capitol Drive and Lakeview Lane, Lake Country Inn, Western Lakes Fire Zone 30, timeout, 0731.
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This flight firetruck 53 alpha level electrical hazard in front of the Lake Country in near West Wisconsin.
00:25
Passer by reporting an electrical box that's down on the ground or some sort of electrical wire or cord coming out of it that appears to have wrapped itself up into a tree nearby, color felt that looked odd.
00:39
Dispatch, Westbrookly struck by three copies, thank you.
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Dispatch from Western Lakes 2, 651.
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D-651, go ahead.
00:54
I'm going to be on scene at near West Wisconsin.
01:00
We're going to be in the area.
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I don't see anything right now.
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I'll be out investigating all incoming and go to Western Microtect 2.
01:06
Did they specify what side of the road this was on? Negative.
01:10
They just use the Lake Petriean as a point of reference.
01:12
I don't have any further from the call take.
01:15
Copy that? We'll take a look around.
01:18
That's interesting.
01:28
Med 8, utility 8, pre-alert EMS, 18200, West Lincoln Avenue, between South 179th Street and Private Road, Shanker, New Berlin Fire Zone 1, Timeout, 0735.
01:44
This man, Western Lake to truck 5-3 on seat.
01:46
Copy, Crow, 53 on seat.
01:52
That 8, Utility 8, Alpha Level 6 person in front of Schenker, 18200 West Lincoln Avenue, and employees in his car feeling very sick, requesting medical assessment, 28-year-old male who is conscious in breathing, slight abdominal pain, but nothing major.
02:09
Should be the east side of the building, three quarters of the way down the drive.
02:13
Dispatch Utility 8 copies.
02:20
The cable wire is connected to a box down here, they're probably just putting it here temporarily until they can put it underground, so we can probably get out here.
02:29
What did you say with the connector still?
02:33
That same box that you see down there is on this side also, but it's above ground until they get it underground.
02:41
Copy. Do we know if it's, I'm assuming fiber objects?
02:50
That or cable, I have no idea.
02:53
Definitely not power.
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...engine 22, MET-204-5, Shirley Lane, between Smith Drive and Burly Boulevard, City of Brookfield Fire Zone 1, Timeout, 0740.
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Dispatch from West Wisconsin Command.
03:31
The cable is some sort of cable or fiber.
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It's strung up in trees across entrances.
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It looks like it's meant to be in the ground here at some point,
03:41
but there is no hazard.
03:43
You can clear all Western Lex units and put them available in quarters.
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Location mentioned:
Near W Wisconsin Ave, Oconomowoc, WI 53066
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