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Brush fire near residence in Alcona CountyAlcona County MI

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Alcona County, MI

Fire crews responded to a brush fire near a residence on Chrysland Road in Waltham, Michigan. Smoke and flames were spreading toward the house. There was concern for animals inside the home. Firefighters used nearby water sources including a river to suppress the fire and protect the structure.

Audio|Source: Alcona Fireground Communications
06:22
Transcript:
00:00
Crew of 2, Rescue 1 and Engine 1.
00:03
Could we get Franklin started and Osborne and put Mariah the long standby, please?
00:21
And permission to go direct with Waltham 5 on water source.
00:31
That's what I'm going.
00:35
Eastwood 11 of Waltham 5.
00:38
Go ahead.
00:41
Where is your nearest water source for this location?
00:48
I'm not too sure if it's inaccessible to Graham Lake, which is way out,
00:55
then it'll be up by Haslam Farm, I believe.
01:02
Copy that, thank you.
01:05
What is your crime status?
01:10
Just came up red pine bro. We were not told that's where it was and headed to the firehouse right now.
01:20
Copy that. We'll be on the way.
01:26
It's like no water source.
01:29
I don't know if they have an arrest us.
01:36
Thank you. I will be on.
01:39
There's a fiance.
01:40
Thank you.
01:52
Bankrupted out of Eastbrook's requesting if you could go to the scene, you're on the way to the scene of the Crisland Road,
02:00
Chrysland Road in Eastbrook for,
02:03
actually in Waltham,
02:05
Chrysland Road,
02:06
for a rush fire that's near structure.
02:21
I don't know.
02:28
We're in Osborne five minutes. We respond to the Crisland Road and Waltham
02:34
for a brush fire that's near a structure.
02:43
Copy.
02:45
We got smoke.
02:47
I'll give you a size of this and not. I can help.
02:49
Okay. Good one.
03:06
Briable Fire Department requesting, Eastbrooks requesting,
03:10
to stand by your station for our brush fire near our residence in Woffham on a Crisland Road,
03:16
Ohio, stand by the station.
03:23
Towards the house, winds going away from the house,
03:26
water source will be the river right here.
03:28
They would have good access.
03:32
Probably if we have a helicopter there will not be the best thing we can get here to protect the house here.
03:40
Copy 100 by 100 starting towards the house, winds going away from the house, water sources leave river and the heler should be en route shortly.
03:49
Break 415.
03:54
Go ahead.
03:56
Copy, 310, 100 by high red spreading towards the resident water torches, the river right behind.
04:03
Should be good access.
04:08
Yes, 10 for our copy, thank you.
04:14
We've got 100 yards and 100 yards.
04:17
Slow moving, it's moving against the wind.
04:20
Looks like it's kind of contained between a ravine right now.
04:24
And the home to the, uh, looks like Graham Lake, it's about 100 yards plus the each front. So there's a water source for that.
04:34
So forth, thank you.
04:37
3.50 mail.
04:39
15. 15.
04:41
Fire department here's all set. We close it out.
04:48
310 Bangler. The home that's here, the people are called in, they're just people that were on the water.
04:53
It's like there's maybe nobody home here. There's a car in the driveway and animals inside, so we're trying to get those out.
05:01
Coffee.
05:07
For the tag on the car is West Virginia (number withheld). Hey Adam, Ptone,
05:11
(number withheld). Nobody's coming to the door.
05:15
Copy.
05:16
Copy.
05:21
40115, Bangor.
05:23
2115. 15. Yeah,
05:26
I copy three dense traffic. I'm about an hour out.
05:31
Tommy. Okay.
05:34
Wranglet 310 of the fire department I'm seeing it. Okay.
05:42
I've asked you one.
05:44
Can we please ask Franklin to bring their forestry and their side by side? It sounds like this is a pretty remote location.
05:52
We may not be able to get full engines down there.
05:56
Hit that four, one on the side on, we will request it.
06:00
Thank you.
06:04
There's a house right now.
06:07
It should swap a little bit here.
06:09
We'll have a water source right now that we can deal with effective way.
06:14
Copy.
06:17
Okay.
06:22
No more.

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