Behind the Headlines

By Paula Wethington / paula@monroenews.com

I’m listening to the Monroe County Central Dispatch on a battery-operated radio scanner. I now know why my home’s power browned out … I did turn off everything possible. I’m on laptop battery power right now.

Here’s some of what I’m hearing as 911 dispatchers call out Monroe County fire departments:

• Trees down in Bedford Township.
• Wire down on truck on Secor Rd. in Bedford Township.
• Wires down, possibly starting a fire, at the corner of Noble Ave. and Baptiste Ave. in Monroe.
• Wires down at Secor and Sterns Rds. in Erie Township.
• Wires down in Ash Township.
• Possible structure fires including on Superior Rd. in Frenchtown Township - but I’m hearing so many overlapping calls I can’t follow the details.
• Transformer fire in Monroe Township
• Tree on truck on Spaulding Rd.