Large wildfire near Mendon threatens power poles, Mendon UT
WildfireA large wildfire is burning near Cache County, Utah, close to Mendon. The fire is threatening power poles and nearby structures. Multiple fire units and brush trucks are responding to contain the blaze. Efforts include accessing the fire near power poles and planning backburns to control the spread. Rocky Mountain Power has been notified to address potential hazards. Roads and access points around the area are being managed by fire crews.
Audio|Source: Cache County Public Safety
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Transcript:
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Cash, Tender 110 on scene.
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Great command, Tender 110.
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Go ahead, Tender 110.
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Tender 110.
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Hey, now if you can see me down here,
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north, east of you,
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there's some gates, and you can access right to these power poles.
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That sounds good. If you stay down there, let's please, let's guide those red trucks in there as they're coming.
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Talk to that.
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We're driving on scene.
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My handbrush 62 is arriving.
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Respond on Alps 1, Alps 1.
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21 on team.
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Giraffa 221.
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They shut down the water, we just turned the hose.
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Engine 61.
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Yes, still 27.
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I'll be clear from 47.
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You can probably go ahead and clear me off 41 Waymo as well.
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10-4[1] and 284, where were you en route to? The grassplay or somewhere different?
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I'm sorry, I'm 23, grassware.
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10-4[1].
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284 build is 27.
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Thanks for your help.
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What else do you need out there for traffic control?
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We won't do nothing.
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Anything for a while, it's got quite a few to burn for it.
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We've got a highway or other roads.
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10-4[1], let me know if anything changes and I'll head out that way.
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1060? No.
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Copy.
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Cash,
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first 81 is arriving on scene.
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Great command, where would you like us?
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First 81 would you head north?
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Anyone get access by those power poles?
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It didn't take any one-thin water.
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Command, Tenderady, arriving, where will you like us? Tenderady, we just stay down there on the highway on the road.
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We didn't have a place for you guys to go tell if we need.
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Command from Rush 110.
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Yeah, we're down for just a minute for the fitting.
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We made it right to this ravine.
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Not quite to the power holes ahead of this, but it is going to bump that power pole here in about five minutes.
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Are you able to keep going, or are you stuck with that ravine right there?
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I'm just right here at the ravine.
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I've got to do some repairs real quick before we can keep going.
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But you can't keep going.
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I've got brush trucks coming up from below you, trying to get up there too.
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Command, Jeff 221.
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How many brush trucks do you guys have and how many are coming?
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Four here. I don't know how many more are coming.
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Cash. Jolf T21.
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Take out a third alarm for brush fire.
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Finch fire.
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Copy third alarm.
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Command, er, uh, yeah, command 3F221.
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Go ahead.
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So if we can stand a bunch of brush or need to send it over here to work, can you see where I'm at.
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10-80[2] 31 brush 71 brush 80 tender 90 respond on ox 2 and 3 alpha 223 respond to grass fire in ensuring a structure at near W 2700 N in Cache County.
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I just decided to rush 81 to head that way to the north case, is that where you're at?
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Yeah, 104. Also send Tender 81 this way as well.
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Okay. Command engine 70.
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Go ahead, Brandon.
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Hey, I think you got a handle on it, but just to make sure you know where your units are going.
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You've got 61 and 81 heading north on this east side of the fire, on this dirt road access.
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They're crossing a gate right now.
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You should be able to see them where you're at.
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Are those brush trucks?
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Correct, yeah.
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Two brush trucks, you've got brush 61 and brush 81.
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They're working on crossing the beat right now, and they should be heading straight towards those power poles, and there's a dirt road, they're going to be heading west towards the fire before the foothills.
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Command Brush 111.
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We have a good assignment here.
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We're going through the gate and are planning on hitting the eastern flank.
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Looking for approval.
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Copy. Hit that way.
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Let's hit that east and north side.
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Copy that. Hitting the east flank.
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Back to service.
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Timbler.
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Engine 870.
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Command, 3A221.
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Go ahead, Jason.
06:51
Okay, why you go ahead and sign me to North Division on this fire? And I've got 3 off of 224 going up to see if we can get access to the north of the fire to see if we can't maybe do a backburn.
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Copy that.
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You can have North Division.
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Out of 21.
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Command Agent 72.
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You got a mobile brush truck.
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So I'll just to get there right here where you're at, coming your direction.
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Beginning in the 72.
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We don't have a free brush truck that you can put on this right here next to the road by you to see ya?
07:38
No not right now we've got them all hit brush 90 brush 82 and brush 50 respond to grass fire in injuring a structure at near W 2700 N in Cache County.
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Golf ECHO 387-166.
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Command, Station 80, do you want, engine 81 or two more brush trucks?
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Brush trucks, please.
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Copy, thank you.
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Senator 72, I think we're okay.
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Petersboro, Command, Cache.
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Go ahead, Cash.
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I went ahead and called Rocky Mountain Power, they'll have somebody hit it that way.
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Thanks, Cash.
08:52
Gas throughout for 224, shall we arrived unseen? Great command, did you copy that I'm tied in with North Division?
Police codes explained
The following codes appeared in the transcript and are explained below:
[1]
10-4: Acknowledgement/OK
[2]
10-80: Vehicle pursuit in progress
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Location mentioned:
Near W 2700 N, Mendon, UT 84325
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