Radiation detector alarm triggers evacuation near Greenwood Rd, Sistersville WV


A radiation detector alarm activated near Greenwood Rd. Residents were evacuated as a precaution though it may have been a malfunction.
Audio|Source: Tyler County EMS
02:13
Transcript:
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Tyler to station 30 and 80, please respond to near Greenwood Rd for a possible radiation detector activation station.
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Tyler to station 30 and 80, please respond to near Greenwood Rd for a radiation detector activation.
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Time with this batch is 1143.
00:34
80-740s. 80-7-4.
00:57
Tyler to Station 30, please respond to near Greenwood Rd for a radiation detector activation.
01:08
Tyler, Station 30, please respond to near Greenwood Rd for a radiation detector activation.
01:17
Second tone of dispatch, 11:40.
01:22
Tyler, 488.
01:29
488 is en route 11:47 first.
01:43
Go ahead 488 the residents in the home have been instructed to go outside.
01:55
Is this a residential and it's showing radiation detect?
02:01
Yeah,
02:08
that's an affirmative.
02:09
They called the company and they believe it's a malfunction, but they want to be seen.
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Location mentioned:
Near Greenwood Rd, Sistersville, WV 26175
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