Utility pole fire at Hubbard Bridge after vehicle crash, Red Bank NJ


A utility pole caught fire at Hubbard Bridge near River Plaza following a motor vehicle accident. Emergency responders faced challenges due to a dispatch system outage.
Audio|Source: Red Bank Fire
02:39
Transcript:
00:00
We have a report of a pole on fire at Hubbard Bridge.
00:04
We need units to respond so we can get this dispatch.
00:12
6-7 received.
00:14
You want me to try so I can dispatch from the car?
00:19
If you want to, we need all units to respond to Hubbard's Bridge for a fire dispatch is telling me involved.
00:28
Okay.
00:38
96 to 6.6. Frank, what was that location?
00:44
Hubbard Bridge, going into River Plaza, we have a pole on fire with a motor vehicle accident there.
00:50
Dispatch is down.
00:58
10496 will be in service momentarily.
01:05
95, underway.
01:13
Receive. Receive.
01:17
6-6 all units I'm en route.
01:28
6-7 responding 6-6-6-6.7, I was not able to get the radio to alert.
01:39
We see one of you guys head to the first 8 building, the firehouse, and see if we can hit it off the other car dispatch it.
01:50
Go ahead that way.
02:01
6-8. You want me to go to the first day building? You want me to head over to you?
02:12
Responding. It looks like it's going to be on the Middletown side.
02:17
Mike, can you get on to the county radio and have them respond? It looks like the middle town side.
02:25
All right, I think can I just dispatch them? I'll call them, confirm.
02:30
Receive, I'm here now.
02:32
It's definitely on the River Plaza side.
02:34
All units proceed with caution.
02:37
We definitely have a fire, but it's on the river.
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