Downed power lines block road and trigger fire alarm, Greenwich CT


Downed power lines fell across Meadow Wood Drive near Shore Road in Greenwich, causing a road blockage. The incident triggered a fire alarm. Emergency services responded and closed the road to ensure safety while managing the situation.
Audio|Source: Greenwich Fire Department
08:23
Transcript:
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Security has the opposite end of his primary down in the running cover.
00:03
Appreciate.
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Mr. Madge, you can clear us from the Shore Road and send us broad.
00:07
Three to one.
00:08
Once you clear that alarm abroad, you can just walk off-broad and the one cuts through back out to the shore.
00:13
Yeah, that's your problem.
00:14
When you can see the primary down to jacians and his property? Can we send there on channel two as well?
00:22
Sorry, this is right.
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Receive you.
00:24
Drop-up.
00:25
Yeah, do our police park's clear at Ridge?
00:28
If we're not needed at the other call, we're in one service.
00:32
Dispatch two all on. Clare shrewing up.
00:33
This is that one-one?
00:35
One-one, go ahead. Okay, do you have a handle on that scene over there? Do you need an apparatus for traffic?
00:39
Yeah, I got this.
00:40
There's no fire or anything.
00:42
It's just the full-down across the roadway.
00:44
I can't put the full number when you're ready.
00:45
Yeah, go with the number.
00:46
It says 70380.80.
00:50
Copy. No sign. 5.5.5 in the air.
00:55
One-on-one's going to handle for Davis Avenue.
00:57
Truck one engine, you can go in service.
01:00
Truck one engineer. You can go in service.
01:01
Okay, you're seeing. We're heading back north.
01:04
See. Do you find dispatch.
01:05
The threat on.
01:08
You need a threat, still, hold on Meyer.
01:10
Sorry, repeat.
01:11
Yes, rent, still over in Meyer.
01:12
Yeah,
01:13
take that. In route, what channel?
01:15
Yeah, I have one.
01:16
Two-one one, group.
01:17
One on dispatch?
01:18
Good. You can move Davis Avenue over to you at Channel 4.
01:22
Time 4, thank you.
01:23
We're closing, and the home we just arrived.
01:26
It's fine, a meyer place for Tree of Waterstone.
01:31
Yeah, I did five, just fine.
01:32
The Meyer Place, Trade and Watersdown.
01:34
Crosses Anthony Place, Riverside.
01:36
10-1[1]. Okay.
01:37
We talked to the residents through the ring camera.
01:40
We came out to check it out.
01:42
Everything is clear. Okay, very good.
01:43
Angel one dispatch.
01:44
Dispatch. Dispatch?
01:45
We've been a crew standing by in the rescue for dispatches needed.
01:48
Raise your start over six metal bank for the three hours.
01:52
Rescue five responding six metal bank.
01:54
Roger one, you're going on two.
01:55
Reggie one on four.
01:56
Go-ha-ha-ha-ha.
01:57
Fire dispatch on the air.
01:59
Engine 1, respond 79 Meadowwood Drive, Trinawaters down, Brennan.
02:04
Engine 1, 179, Meadowwood Drive, Trinawaters down, Brennan.
02:08
General 1, 1530.
02:10
Engine 4 to dispatch on General 4.
02:13
Good.
02:14
Are we clear from blood?
02:15
Fire dispatch, engine one.
02:17
Fire dispatch, engine one on dispatch.
02:18
dispatch, engine one, dispatch.
02:22
Okay, engine one, dispatch.
02:23
Okay, you need four there.
02:24
Yeah,
02:25
we already cleared four.
02:26
They're on the way out now.
02:27
We're going to clear the alarm activation was due to the power surge or drop with the primary down.
02:31
Receive, I'm going to have both of you respond to 79 Meadowwood.
02:35
The train wires.
02:36
The floor, respond along with engine one to 79 Meadowwood.
02:44
Hello. Cut. Cut. Cut.
02:47
5 dispatch,
02:48
show up.
02:49
Go ahead. For some reason, somebody's repeater is stuck.
02:52
It was preventing me from transmitting out.
02:54
We're going to be delayed by just a moment.
02:55
We're putting a scene tape at the end of broad to prevent any exiting from this street onto shore.
Police codes explained
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Location mentioned:
Meadow Wood Dr, Greenwich, CT 06830
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