Road closed on Ridge Rd due to downed trees and power lines, Saltsburg PA
Road ClosureFire crews responded to Ridge Road in Banks Township where multiple trees were down and blocking the road. One tree was resting on power lines. Crews worked to clear debris and requested utility company assistance to safely remove the tree from the power lines, causing the road to be closed during the operation.
Audio|Source: Indiana County Fire Dispatch and Fireground Operations
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Transcript:
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232 from 23315.
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Go ahead,
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Chief.
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Are you guys coming up a need of mine then?
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Negative. We're coming up, Ridge.
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We clean some debris off the road. We'll be proceeding towards south now on Ridge Road.
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Race Aid there, when you get here, get the lights up here so we can see the wires and everything.
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Great Chief. We're working our way there. There's lots of debris on the road.
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Danport.
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20-port and rope?
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24, 2050. 24,
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2050.
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24,
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system 2.
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Okay. Good.
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Mike, when you get the coys,
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do me a favor. Put flares across the road right past foots and nobody comes up 56 for right now until we get this cleaned off.
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Okay, do you want me to stop the coys and block it off or do you want us to come up there too?
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No, I'm going to need you up here. We need all the hands we can to get this stuff cleaned up. But just throw a couple of flares across the road.
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That's what heed.
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James, can you just stalk all traffic on that upper side for right now, please?
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180, assistant 2, 185.
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Sorry, just come on up, come straight up to my pickup, and we're going to send you around to where the actual trading the breed on is so we can get to work on that. 10-4[1].
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Van Dan County.
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There to Keith.
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A firefighter from 45 stated she found another tree just down from where you're at. I just wanted to advise you.
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Receive.
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There's also one other 45 on scene here yet.
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Recease.
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County, 232 is on scene. 2019.
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CDN County, Rush, 234 on scene.
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2019.
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You guys, come on down in front of my truck here.
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Five easy. There's stuff falling everywhere. I'm up here easy.
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Go around my truck, trees are going to be down as soon as you get around the curve.
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Let's start working on it. Once I get this road closed, I'll be up.
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Indiana County Brush 185 on scene.
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20-20.
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Five, get back behind my vehicle in this lane, please.
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You've got 403 cleaned up, tractor trailers being removed.
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Do you need us to come over that way?
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Hey, yeah, you can proceed up here on your end there, coming up from your side there, okay.
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I got to get a poll number here is going to call county to let them know.
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I'm going to need a utility company out here to cut the tree up here or something there.
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25 to the system two.
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Here, Mike.
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Never mind, disregard.
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Indiana County, 45 Chief.
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45 Chief.
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We got to remove the tractor trailers out and gone and we cleaned up the road. We're going to head over to Ridge Road with Station 230.
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First student, 22.
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Indiana County, 2.30, Chief.
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2.30, Chief.
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We're going to need REA out here.
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3-1-384 is the full number here.
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The tree is on the power lines itself.
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Nothing's broke.
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In order to get the debris moved off there, we're going to have to have them out here to
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cut the power or cut the tree up.
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Receive, R8 is already known, but...
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Free Sieve.
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Indiana County Show Engine 451 returning in service.
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Ridge Rd, Banks Township, PA 15772
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