Fire response causes westbound freeway closure near 181st Ave, Portland OR


Fire response is needed on the westbound 84 freeway near 181st Avenue for water supply and traffic control.
Audio|Source: Portland Area Fire and Rescue
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Transcript:
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Is this 74? Can you serve me another engine code 3 for water supply[1] and then also start off the traffic control[2]?
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Taffey, and are they going to need to access this from Westbound?
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Yeah, that's our only decent access to this is Westbound 84.
00:13
Okay, I'll get this updated to West End 84 Freeway and I'll tell them to pull to the right shoulder.
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at near North Baldwin Street, respond ops 1.
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Truck 8A, a lift assist at near North Baldwin, Respond Offs 1.
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It's 1436.
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I'm looking at the call notes here.
00:27
It's coming up is that a code 1 priority 6.
00:28
However, in that call notes here, it looks like code 3 for assault.
00:31
Can you verify which it is for us?
00:33
I already verified it's going to be code one and our officers on scene requesting you.
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Thank you. Sure thing.
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for water supply[1],
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westbound 94,
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west of 181, Respond Ops 1.
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Truck 2, Your Inquested Code 3 for water supply[1] by engine 74 on scene, westbound 94, west of 181, Respond Ops 1 at 14 or so.
Police codes explained
The following codes appeared in the transcript and are explained below:
[1]
water supply: Firefighting support
[2]
traffic control: Managing roadways for emergency response
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Location mentioned:
Near NE 181st Ave, Portland, OR 97230
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