Car hits pole causing fire and wires down on highway, Saratoga County NY
TrafficA single car crashed into a pole on State Hwy 9N near South Greenfield Road. The collision caused live wires to fall onto the vehicle and a fire under the car. The driver was initially unconscious and trapped but was later removed. Emergency services and National Grid responded to the scene for fire control and safety.
Audio|Source: Saratoga County Fire and EMS
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Transcript:
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Go on car 209, Farcom.
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Firecom.
00:03
Activate Greenfield Fire, AMS, for a one single car motor vehicle accident into the pole.
00:10
Pole has got wires on the car and smoking Route 9-N at South Greenfield Road.
00:19
Receive a car into the pole,
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Wires on the vehicle, and EMS. Would you like your best Friday 1 in Friday 2?
00:26
Priority 1. Driver looks to be unconscious.
00:29
Got Friday 1, 754. Fire come from car 290.
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Fire count 290,
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2090, 287 will be responding to 9 and South Greenfield.
00:43
That's 74.
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2051 AMUS. Okay, about 251.
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Order. Termi in Route 2, 408, Raid Road Extension.
00:52
That's correct.
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3-2-7-6-4.
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209. Firecom.
00:58
We also have National Grid respond here as well.
01:01
That's a firm. You got entrapment[1]?
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194. We're on scene.
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That's affirmative entrapment[1].
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75. The ambulance is going to be mutual aid[2].
01:12
Receive.
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Firecom from Card 290.
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Firecom 290.
01:19
If 9N and South Greenfields are going to come in as an entrapment[1], can you activate Corinth for mutual aid[2] for the manpower for the Ridge Road call?
01:30
Receive. Corinth for the Ridge Road call. I believe that was like a crew on the way anyway.
01:34
EMS, 1971. All right.
01:37
All right.
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19419, 106. Go ahead.
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Everybody's that vehicle, we're just going to have to probably put down some fluid and traffic control.
01:48
Next is already in the ambulance.
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Copy.
01:53
Ferricum 19.
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UMS, 12 that one.
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We'll be in route to Saratoga.
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7. Perkom 19.
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I'm arriving.
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76.
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882. Two zero nine for a count.
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Two zero nine on second.
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Greenfield Fire Aldo is both of you a crash entrapment[1]. To be commuting EMS, one delta response, mutual aid[2] purchase of land EMS, South Greenfield Road at Will Road, one car into a pole, entrapment, wires on the car.
02:50
The operator is going to be unconscious.
02:51
Your operation is stack 5-757.
02:57
209 fire count.
02:59
Car 26, fire count.
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Firecom 26. Can you show 26 route? National Grid to the scene, please.
03:06
Dave Harder, we call, 77.
03:08
Fire count from 290.
03:10
Firecom from 290. Firecom 290.
03:12
I know you got a lot going on. Can you retone that entrapment[1] on the fire tone that went over on the EMS phone?
03:19
Yeah.
03:21
209, 260, TX-5.
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13-5-2-A-MS.
03:24
Oh, 13-5.
03:25
13-5-2 is responding south greenfield that will.
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261, Greenfield for being intact-by.
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209-6-0-TEC-0-5.
03:48
Pass- submitting EMS for a first responder.
03:51
Community EMS to cover the call, a one delta traffic accident, South Freefield Road at Wilton Road.
03:56
Time three, something else.
04:06
Greenfield fire, all zones,
04:09
Motor vehicle crash entrapment[1], South Greenfield Road, Outwell Road, car into a pole, wires on a pole, operator unconscious, operations stack 5, 7505.
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2021, 23, 30.
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209 firecalf.
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1353 of us.
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We're arriving in the getting apartment. Is fire on the scene or no?
04:31
261, what are you looking for? I can't make contact with the chief on the seat.
04:35
Driver only, you want me to respond down?
04:38
Now firm, get the truck on the road. There's a current chief on the scene.
04:42
B.O9.
04:44
Be advised.
04:45
No entrapment[1].
04:47
Patient is out of the car. We do any fire underneath the car, though.
04:50
Received. Operator out conscious fire underneath the car.
04:56
And KAMS coming for anyone. Uh,
04:59
Patient is disoriented but alert.
05:02
Received disoriented alert.
05:05
As if 109. 115-0, 70152. Yamast 7152.
Police codes explained
The following codes appeared in the transcript and are explained below:
[1]
entrapment: Person(s) trapped and requiring rescue
[2]
mutual aid: Request for assistance from a neighboring agency
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Location mentioned:
State Hwy 9N & S Greenfield Rd, Greenfield, NY 12833
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