Utility pole down causes road blockage near Elko and Route 501, Lebanon County PA


Fire crews responded to a fire incident near Elko and Route 501 where a utility pole was partially split and caused road blockage. No wires were down and there were no power outages. Northbound traffic was blocked while southbound traffic was allowed to pass, with fire police requested for traffic control.
Audio|Source: Lebanon County Fire
03:33
Transcript:
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Disconfirming fire down three.
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854. County, Agent 31, 10-0[1].
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Engine 31-10-0[1]. Engine 31-103.
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Rescue from the engine, let us know if you need you just go around to the south side.
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PressUI block traffic for you.
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County fire.
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RISD 31 is on location.
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Copy 856.
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County Fire from Rescue 31.
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Can you dispatch again for Fire Police, uh,
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30, 30, 334? Good.
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Fire Police 30 is responding.
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Fire please 30 is responding. Fire, please 30, 56.
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Fire, please, 30 from Deputy 31 on 3.
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Go ahead, Deputy.
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Yeah, we could probably run a single lane here.
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We do have traffic blocked in the northbound lanes,
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but southbound is running.
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Copy. I'm here at Elko and 501.
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I'll come down.
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Engine 31, the command for us.
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Engine 31, shut down traffic heading south until we get fire police set up here to run single lane.
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County from rescue 31 on 3.
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Command 31, County.
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Command 31. Can you copy a poll number, please?
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Go ahead.
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37465. Repeating 401-3037465.
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Copy. Are there pulls and wires down?
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No wires down.
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The pole splits about halfway up.
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It's got to need some immediate attention.
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You know if there's power out in the area?
01:31
There's no outages.
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Copy 903.
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[1]
10-0: Use caution
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PA-501, Pennsylvania
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