Brush fire near picnic area injures four, Bakersfield CA
WildfireDispatch audio for a small wildfire at Upper Richbar Picnic Area near the river. Crews report a fire burning in trees along the water's edge that is under one acre. Multiple fire companies, a Forest Service crew, ambulances, patrols, and helicopters are responding. Traffic is blocked between Upper Richbar and Richbar Campground. Medical update reports four patients: one more serious and three minor. Crews plan helicopter water drops and believe current resources can manage the fire.
Audio|Source: Kern County Fire
08:38
Transcript:
00:00
We have current two, we have four stations, three still in the vehicle. Let's put here on standby. Company 72, company 71.
00:21
Seventy-two, 71 on three. D.C. Battalion 7[3], sent you. The battalion 7. Was that okay for us to you too? Looks like it's kind of stuck in a tree, big dead and down, right on the water's ahead.
00:50
Maybe once we get the helicopter overhead, get a couple drops on it, it may put a damer on it pretty good for a little bit. ETCC, Battalion 7[3]. Battalion 7. This will be the Rich Farr[2] incident. The Italian 7 will be Rich Farr on speed.
01:19
9.46. Patient update, we have three green tags and one red tag. We have three green tags, one red text. Inside CHP[1], we do have Pee's down-lane block in between Upper RichFar and RichFar Cantrum.
01:43
Available 1313.3. That's six available one three. Two battalion seven back, this is going to be a mile marker 19.50. You want any additional equipment aside from here.
02:11
That's negative. I think we'll be beautiful. We had about being. And let me just readvise what you have coming. This is 9.7, company 72, turn 3. The 9.7 is not an incident. Rollin like the camera. You see back to the line, current Q. 72 copy.
02:41
Section 3 have a 72, take this traffic to Battalion 4. All right, subdivision 3, Battalion 4 is also committed to that rescue. Division 3, copy break. 72, Division 3, go ahead. 15, standby request, station 42's area, upper ridge bar, channel assignment, current 2.
03:06
Looks like we have less than an acre cutting on the river's edge is hung up the trees. The Forest Service has taken it, and Crew 13 is headed down now. We can handle with what the county has on the scene now. Division III copy, so you confirm you have 71, 72, and Crew 13 on team. That's affirmative.
03:32
2division 3 copy breaking 2division 3 3 3 771 the 771 equipment and 72 the equipment crew 13 affirmative that will be 309 that will be 203 3305 to cancel all 409
04:01
Just read that, Corzone and continue. Safety 3, cancel, Waterton, 8,000.
04:05
Call. Break, 72, Division 3, D.D., 4.09.
04:08
Please.
04:09
Up and overhead, I believe it's 523, but they don't have a bucket.
04:11
72, Division 3, copy. If you can get with the BED-I-C...
04:15
and have him determine which helicopters he wants if he wants there cance from 409.
04:20
Tommy Semi. I just want to confirm what equipped I have responded.
04:38
I just want to confirm what equipped I have responded.
04:40
We have one ambulance, 207, Mercerer 15 on standby and Patrol 42.
04:47
Okay, copy.
04:50
That this patient is probably going to be yellow tag with three green.
04:55
Copy, yellow tag with very green.
04:58
Copy, yellow tag with very green.
05:00
Water, 1083, Patrol 76 for 11 and then I-20.
05:04
Takeout 950.
05:06
GDG-RIC-R-R-C, we'll need a flat bedtow.
05:13
Probably flat, flat-bedtow.
05:16
C, 371, engine 71, stroll 71 are all on scene.
05:25
71 to come in on scene, 971.
05:28
Engine 41, Medell 8-11.
05:33
Engine 41, Medell 8.
05:35
medical aid 2524 Potomac Avenue for ill station.
05:39
ACCC safety, show me on scene of the rich car incident.
05:44
And I copied the traffic on the incident 72.
05:51
Copy safety three on scene, 952.
05:55
Fish for IC, ECC. Do you want a second ambulance started?
06:02
Okay, for our last ornament, this time of the discretion.
06:08
Copy.
06:10
Two on turn three, three.
06:19
Company 72 Division III.
06:22
Oh, we can see 4 all 9 coming.
06:27
523 has got to put a bucket on there going to be a bit, so a couple helicopters will knock right out.
06:33
Dividion 3, copy, break.
06:38
C2Division 3, do you copy that. Continue 409.
06:41
Patrol 76, Crandozoa, confirm you copy complete.
06:44
I see helicopter 409.
06:48
I see helicopter 409.
06:53
I see helicopter 409 on turn 3.
07:01
Thank you.
Police codes explained
The following codes appeared in the transcript and are explained below:
[1]
CHP: California Highway Patrol (traffic control)
[2]
Rich Farr: Incident name (fire/wildfire)
[3]
Battalion 7: Incident command unit
Disclaimer:
This was transcribed by AI and may contain errors. Please verify the information independently.
Location mentioned:
Upper Richbar Picnic Area, Bakersfield, CA 93306
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