Multiple trees and wires down causing fires near Ham Rd, Unity ME
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Fire & ArsonAs discussed during the dispatch call, multiple trees and power wires appear to be down near Ham Road, Waldo Station Road, and West Main Street in Unity and surrounding areas. Some wires are causing small fires in wooded areas. Fire and emergency crews are responding to extinguish fires and manage hazards. Roads may be temporarily closed due to downed wires and trees. Power issues may require electrical repairs. The incident potentially affects multiple locations and may involve one patient who is alert and breathing but not communicating.
Audio|Heard on: Penobscot, Waldo, Knox County Public Safety
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06:43
Transcript:
00:00
Attention, Brooks Fire, Jackson Fire, Monroe Fire, Respondari, Area 49, West Main Street, have trees and wires down,
00:06
woods catching fire,
00:08
nothing in the roadway, ton of the pages, (number withheld).
00:13
You had a dishmate at (number withheld).
00:18
For you, the ambulance has already been started.
00:22
Electron.
00:25
At Elkadia Highway and fog.
00:29
Copy 406, the wall is off.
00:36
Go ahead.
00:37
Can you start hearing five?
00:40
They're trapped in there really good.
00:43
Good money. Go.
00:47
16 go.
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Station is the word breathing.
00:54
Just not soft for this.
00:59
Requested in Troy.
01:05
Am I?
01:07
On the Bangor Road in Troy.
01:15
Unity, Jaws the wife needed Van Gogor Road in Troy, time (number withheld).
01:20
While the Conum, Unity fire copies.
01:23
Engine 9, personal owner.
01:26
Copy (number withheld).
01:30
We'll call it's (number withheld).
01:32
Went the address again?
01:35
The District 5-06 is come up past the current in your C.F on Route 9.
01:40
You're coming up.
01:43
All right, when the road direction, I'm turning around.
01:48
As a generator started, we need it here.
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We're going to need it.
01:58
Tension Waldo Fire respond to (number withheld) Waldo Station Road in Waldo.
02:03
Have tree and wires.
02:06
Tree on the wire, sparks and smoke.
02:09
There's one tree down, wires are not down, knocking on the roadway.
02:12
Time at page (number withheld).
02:17
Copy that. Troy 506.
02:23
Although we have the child of life, having just sent to manpower.
02:29
Copy.
02:30
Unity.
02:31
Do not need jobs of life, just needing manpower, go ahead.
02:37
Any fire, copy.
02:39
Okay.
02:43
Okay. Haslund truck party, too, to what will come?
02:46
Well, the Com, Unity (number withheld), I believe there's to only be one patient.
02:50
Go ahead. Unity.
02:51
Check grab here, Longtrent, 42.
02:57
We just cleaned up a tree on the Stevens Pond Road in Liberty.
03:03
Now we're headed to that one in Montville just before the Fismontown line.
03:09
Okay.
03:15
Yeah, it's (number withheld) Ham Road, there's power lines across the road,
03:21
tree come down,
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across the lines going up to the house.
03:26
Ten for us, Steve is the way.
03:28
Ten for us.
03:29
We're going to shut the road down.
03:30
On this end.
03:38
Wallow 100, Wallow, copy the page.
03:41
I'm going to the Kendall Cone Road first.
03:43
Drought by anything?
03:46
Frankford 49, Molles, you can put a stand down to any other responding to it still, please.
04:04
Frankford Village and West Frankfurt, this is stand down page.
04:07
No further units needed on the ham road.
04:09
Time to cancel.
04:14
Back Winterport Road, fiber line halfway down in the road, but it's not all the way down.
04:18
Somebody's going to catch it and rip it.
04:23
360 backwinterport?
04:26
2.12.
04:29
212. We'll put it on the left.
04:33
No, 260.
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260.
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4, I'll go grab the truck.
04:48
12th, last update was patient is alert and breathing, just not communicating if it's on.
04:54
10-4. I'll try and give them a 21 to see if we can get further if we should fire the ground flight crew or not.
05:06
10 412.
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Holder Com on Bill 1.
05:13
Good.
05:16
Okay, we're clear of six South Mountain Valley Highway.
05:19
They're going to need to keep their power off because I think they have a broken neutral there.
05:24
They're going to work on an electrician.
05:26
I'm back in the station right now.
05:28
I'll let you know.
05:29
I'll call you on the landline in just a second.
05:33
Got me that.
05:35
Be advised, a couple of representatives of the Washington Fire Department showed up, here thought they were at a structure fire and Liberty, which coincides with what we've been dealing with that corner.
05:46
I told them that they could return.
05:47
I don't know if 701 can hear me, but if he can hear me, that was the choice we made.
05:51
Got to be 701.
05:56
You copy my phone.
06:02
16, do you copy 12?
06:19
Attention, Brooks Fire, Jackson Fire, Monroe Fire, a response is needed, area 49 West Main Street.
06:29
Tree down on wires, catching the woods on fire.
06:33
(number withheld)
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Location mentioned:
Ham Rd, Unity, ME 04988
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