Power lines down and sparking near South Flora, Wichita KS
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Fire & ArsonAccording to the dispatch call, power lines were reported down and sparking in the backyard of a residence near South Flora Avenue in Wichita. Fire crews responded and contacted the power company to secure the area.
Audio|Heard on: Wichita and Sedgwick County Fire Resource / OPS-1
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03:18
Transcript:
00:00
Claw 2 for lines down, near South Flora, near South Flora for lines down.
00:06
Claw 2, your map, pages 5546.46.
00:26
T and truck five are out to the gas meter inside at 8100, East 21st Street north.
00:30
It's going to be the McDonald East at 21st in Rock calling party.
00:34
I advise there was a gas smell that started off small and got stronger.
00:38
Everybody's safe and out of danger.
00:39
They're about to step outside of the building.
00:41
The smell is going to be more in the back, past the kitchen and the manager office area.
00:45
This mail seems to be coming forward.
00:51
Will you test the license tone?
00:53
Station 22 for us.
00:57
The station here calling party advised a tree fell and knocked out her power.
01:01
The power line is on the ground and sparking.
01:04
Again, power lines are on the ground and sparking.
01:06
She specified in the backyard.
01:12
Two,
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five,
01:14
four, three,
01:16
two,
01:17
one,
01:18
one,
01:19
two,
01:20
three, four,
01:21
five. Testing like can tell them at Station 22, it is 23, 46 hours.
01:29
Thank you, resource, our flags and tones work appropriately.
01:34
I'm welcome.
01:40
I see the cash company is on our alarm.
01:43
Have you notified them?
01:46
I'm going to call them right now for you guys.
01:48
Yeah,
01:52
thank you.
01:54
You're welcome.
02:00
We've got evacuation of the McDonald's employees.
02:03
Got nothing showing.
02:05
We're going to set up for suppression and truck five when you get here.
02:07
I'll let you run in there with the gas meters.
02:15
Intentine 4 engine 18 on scene with nothing showing and evacuation in process.
02:24
Off to truck five.
02:29
24-5, go ahead.
02:31
I called the gas company.
02:32
They're going to have to page somebody from home to get them to come in.
02:36
They don't have anybody just on call or on shift here tonight on third shift.
02:40
So they don't have an ETA, but they'll start calling them now.
02:46
10-4[1]. We'll run our meters through so we get, but I know the company would feel more at ease.
02:51
They responded as well.
02:54
All right. 10-4[1].
02:55
Thank you.
02:57
And Ops 2, Squad 2, I know you're on scene at that line's down call, near South Flora Avenue.
03:02
Calling party advised driving up the street, two houses down north is the calling party's address, so I'm not sure if that's where the calling party is going to be, I'm getting Evergy on the phone, too.
03:14
Squad 2 is 10-4[1], on-scene.
03:17
10-4[1], squad 2 on-scene.
Police codes explained
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[1]
10-4: Acknowledgment of message received and understood; affirmative response.
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Location mentioned:
S Flora Ave, Wichita, KS 67215
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