Large brush fire reported near Route 78 and Sterling Road, Thomson IL


A large brush fire broke out near Route 78 and Sterling Road in Whiteside County. Multiple fire departments were called to help control the fire. Fire crews requested brush trucks and water tenders to assist with firefighting efforts.
Audio|Source: Whiteside County Sheriff and Fire
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Transcript:
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1571 go ahead 1571 ten-four you're requesting Kiwani rule just for manpower is there any special equipment 1571 you're requesting a tender[2] and a brush truck ten-four
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1571 1501
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1501 1571 1581 we're coming from water 1581 1581 1581 what you guys have
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there are a closer point down to that fire it looks like it's quite a way to
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Attention, do you want a community fire department? Is there a catch from the county?
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For mutual aid[1] of ANWON with a brush truck and a tender[2] to Route 78 and 1,300. If you want a community fire department, there's no means to respond to mutual aid for brush fire with ANAWON.
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They're requesting a brush truck and a tender[2] at Route 78 and 1,300. There's a few fire in near Sterling Road. Can you advise about how big it is?
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Arm and I can't have you.
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I'll get them told.
02:24
I can't get any of white fire department fire department seated for a beam field fire near Sterling Road this was called in by Harmon
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I can't get any of white fire department fire department seated near Sterling Road for a beam field fire this was called in over the radio by Harmon time out of 15 13 13
Police codes explained
The following codes appeared in the transcript and are explained below:
[1]
mutual aid: Assistance requested from neighboring agencies to support an incident or provide area coverage
[2]
tender: Request for a water tender (tanker) apparatus
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Location mentioned:
Near IL-78, Thomson, IL 61285
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