Power loss affects resident dependent on respirator, Somerset County PA
Medical EmergencyFire and emergency units responded to a residence near Leppert Road and Rock Cut Road where a resident dependent on a respirator lost power. The resident has limited battery backup. Crews are assessing options to provide temporary power or relocate the person to a hospital. Road closures were set up near Rock Cut Road, Sorber Road, and Leppert Road to support the emergency response.
Audio|Source: Somerset County Fire and EMS - Digital
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Transcript:
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A person in one of the houses without power, one of the people in the house is on a respirator, and they have six years of battery power for going up to them now and see if they have another place to go to, or they have some temporary power for this time.
00:20
The last part of that was broken.
00:22
I received it, there's a resident with a respirator and backup battery, didn't not copy the rest.
00:33
Okay, they have about six of four you power,
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and we're running up to them to the place that we can move into or if we need to make arrangements to get power into the hospital.
00:45
Crazy.
00:52
26th the county 26th Chiefs go ahead you can talk to a tunnel like telephone this is still live or not
01:11
26 chief you are very broken
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The Radio, Chief.
01:32
26 Deputy Somerset.
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626 Deputy Somerset. 626 Deputy Somerset.
01:44
626.26. I see you go ahead.
01:47
Ackley, do you want the road close signs?
01:52
Actually, it would be at School Road and Rockcutt Road and Rockcutt Road and Rockcutt Road at Sorber Road.
02:07
Receive, also they're advising a rough EPA of approximately an hour.
02:13
That's received.
02:17
Kay from the KRS.
02:20
Go ahead.
02:24
We're sitting up here at Left of Road at 160, sending people down Bunker Hill that way.
02:29
Maybe they can put the road close signs up here, that way they're not going down for the road road.
02:40
Yeah, I'll advise.
02:41
626 units a county, change that for the road close line on 160,
02:49
just south or just north of 30.
02:52
We'll send him right there at Leppert Road.
02:55
It's easier road for the public to get through.
02:59
Hi, too, C.
03:02
Hey, Andrew, do we also think about half a radio and everything?
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Location mentioned:
Leppert Rd & Rock Cut Rd, Shade Township, PA 15926
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