Brush fire burns deep in woods with fire crews responding, Currituck County NC
Fire & ArsonA brush and debris fire is burning deep in woods in Currituck County. Fire units are coordinating access and water supply. A bulldozer is requested due to difficult terrain. The fire is spreading slowly but is not threatening nearby structures at this time.
Audio|Source: Currituck County Fire and EMS
07:12
Transcript:
00:00
Copy that. You should be able to make it right on down the pass. Come past the medic and come up approximately 300 more yards and you'll be turning to the left down a little field path, and you'll see the fire.
00:13
Right, thank you.
00:18
Take one from Fortry one.
00:21
This is a score. This is a fourth year. This is medical one.
00:27
Do you do a bulldozer to prowl this far?
00:35
I would put it on standoff right now.
00:38
Right now I can't get close enough to it to see how far back.
00:43
Give me a few seconds, I'll get back with you.
00:47
Or she'll go.
00:50
May 24 third talk.
00:53
94.
00:56
We're transporting one BLS[1], non-emergent, Chesapeat.
01:02
BLS[1], non-emergence, (number withheld).
01:09
Rastry 1, this is medical one.
01:12
Good.
01:15
Go ahead and start a dozer this way. It is deep-seated in the woods. It's not moving rapidly,
01:20
but it is deep-seated in the woods back here.
01:24
All right, can't do that, thank.
01:29
17, grades up, we'll see.
01:31
Lerentine, 17, 27.
01:35
A giant 10, command.
01:41
Just command, go ahead.
01:44
Can you put somebody out front so we can direct all these units in?
01:50
I believe the Sheriff's Department has somebody out there from what I was sold.
01:57
Copy that, thank you, sir.
02:00
Fire meters in a pickup truck is sitting at the end of the road, the direct traffic.
02:08
Copy.
02:12
Kitty Hoc, Captain 13, to command.
02:16
Command, go ahead.
02:19
Yeah, I'll verify I'm at the end of the road right now.
02:24
I copy that.
02:25
Right now this is not a structural fire, this is going to be a brush and debris fire.
02:31
And I do not think an engine can make it safely back here.
02:40
Central engine fire is on location over 5.
02:44
Watch for five minutes now.
02:46
Engine 5, 17.1.
02:48
Last year, 9.
02:51
And it'll be tanker 5.
02:54
Tanker 5.
02:59
Engine 40, command.
03:06
71 Central.
03:09
Can you guys in your hydrant, (number withheld) Vaview Road?
03:20
Your nearest hydrant is going to be River Lane Road and Cheratoke Highway.
03:32
Utility one.
03:34
Sitting here looking at the fire right now is starting to spread into it with a little bit more.
03:41
Curtis up, Kitty Hawk Engine 13 is on me.
03:44
Kitty Hawk Engine 13, copy.
03:46
Utility 1, you also have one right in front of Dardesburg Elementary.
03:51
Yeah, Paul.
03:57
Curts up for times, huh?
03:59
Okay.
04:02
Show me on scene, can you assign us a TAC channel for this incident, please?
04:06
Battalion 10.
04:09
Copy, making this a working incident. Everybody has been assigned to TAC 1[3].
04:17
This book, Mike.
04:24
713, command.
04:30
Dispo, goodbye.
04:37
All right. I appreciate a tanker-five long thing.
04:41
Tanker 5, (number withheld).
04:47
Seahawk, Captain 13 to command.
04:53
Correct, Captain 5. Captain 5.
04:55
Captain V.
04:57
Yes, ma'am, face-to-face with Medic 1. I'm going to go ahead and assume command.
05:01
Captain 13, go ahead.
05:04
Yeah, you've got your tanker staged out here, engine 13 and engine 12.
05:10
Who you want back there?
05:13
I need a couple crews back here to help out with this.
05:16
I've got my engine back here.
05:18
Luckily,
05:19
and we can play codes from my engine to the brush truck if need be.
05:26
Receive, you want me to hold the tanker out here?
05:29
Yes, sir, you're going to have to hold the tanker out there.
05:32
I just barely sit in here with the engine.
05:37
Receive.
05:41
Come in the Forestry.
05:45
Go ahead for Forestry.
05:48
I'll fall out of you.
05:53
I'm by the airport and airport.
05:59
Okay. If you can keep your services expedited this way, we're going to need you to help back here in the woods with a water spot.
06:10
Force to copy.
06:21
Go ahead, engine 40.
06:24
We're in Route 4, 3, but we've got about 30-minute ETA.
06:28
Yes,
06:30
sir, I copy.
06:31
Continue heading to this location.
06:33
If I don't need your services, I'll get you to stand by and cover District and Grady, if you don't mind.
06:37
All right, in 10-4[2]. We're going to try to stay coverage in both sections.
06:52
Stand to Captain 1.
06:56
Go for Captain 1.
06:58
If you can leave your truck where it's at and head back to this location, I'm going to need your hands, please.
07:04
Let's go copy. Currently I have Utility 1. He's going to be showing units back to you that we have more manpower.
07:12
I copy.
Police codes explained
The following codes appeared in the transcript and are explained below:
[1]
BLS: Basic Life Support transport
[2]
10-4: Acknowledgment / OK
[3]
TAC 1: Tactical radio channel 1
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