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Brush fire mostly extinguished near Portland and St Paul AveTacoma WA

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Portland Ave E & St Paul Ave, Tacoma, WA 98421

Firefighters responded to reports of smoke and an active brush fire near East Portland Avenue and St Paul Avenue in Tacoma. The fire was mostly out but still smoldering when crews arrived. Access was via a trail near Portland and Lincoln. Additional units with water cans were en route to assist with extinguishing remaining hot spots.

Audio|Source: Tacoma Fire
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Transcript:
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Engine 5, Channel A2, Smoke Investigation, East Portland Avenue and Street Paul Avenue.
00:06
Engine 5, Channel A2, Smoke Investigation, East Portland Avenue and Street Paul Avenue.
00:13
Time 1344.
00:20
Engine 1 driver from Engine 1.
00:24
Engine One driver.
00:29
Can you relocate Engine One to Lincoln in Portland?
00:39
Engine One driver to relocate Engine One.
00:43
Agent One from Tacoma.
00:48
Engine one. Ninja one, uh,
00:53
contact engine 14.
00:54
They said they're unable to make it up there due to low tide.
00:57
We also added engine five. They're en route.
01:00
Do you think a ladder with their stick would be of assistance?
01:10
Negative at this time.
01:12
It looks like the fire is dying down now.
01:19
Receive 1346.
01:24
Go ahead and 155.
01:28
Let's go ahead, Indie 5. Ingen 5 will be in route with Bruch 5.
01:39
Take 5 from engine 12.
01:45
Tell me, engine A, start a BLS transport.
01:52
Pedic 5 from engine 12.
01:55
Forty-five.
02:00
You can go ahead and slow to routine.
02:06
We've got a 40s male.
02:08
It appears to be a likely overdose.
02:10
He's starting to become more responsive and less faltered.
02:16
Command of five selling your routine.
02:19
47.
02:20
Engine 8.
02:23
CELV 85.
02:25
Engine A receipt.
02:33
Cicoma, engine one is going to be command.
02:35
You want to switch to A3?
02:40
Let's do that, we'll switch us to A3-A3.
02:43
Copy that, Indy-5 brush 5A3.
02:49
Chevron, 2,501, Pacific Avenue, time 1347.
02:59
Engine 5, from command.
03:04
Next, Bob.
03:09
Best access to this location is going to be off of Portland and Lincoln.
03:14
We are on the east side of the river.
03:17
Excuse me, we are on the west side of the river.
03:20
We found a trail access. We're going to go assess to see what kind of needs we're going to need.
03:30
As you've got to receive, Fett size, access Lincoln and Portland,
03:34
near the east side of water.
03:41
Engine one driver from command.
03:44
Engine 1, Officer, Engine 1 driver.
03:51
When you arrive to Lincoln and Portland,
03:55
that access we talked about is going to be our best access for the brush rig.
04:00
Will you recon that area and try to find how to let them in?
04:08
8-5 from Engine 8.
04:13
85, go ahead.
04:17
85, go ahead and step up to priority.
04:23
If I received a priority.
04:30
All units from command.
04:32
This is a 30 by 10.
04:35
Tantfire.
04:36
It's now mostly out, still smoldering.
04:39
Engine 5 on your arrival, will you bring two water cans?

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Location mentioned:
Portland Ave E & St Paul Ave, Tacoma, WA 98421
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Incident Timeline

  1. Fire Under Control and Command Terminated
  2. Arrival and Suppression Efforts
  3. Fire Dying Down and Continued Assessment
  4. Relocation and Additional Resources
  5. Assessment and Access Challenges
  6. Initial Response to Grass Fire

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