Brush fire near reservoir in bridgeport ct, Bridgeport CT
WildfireFire crews responded to a brush fire near the reservoir off Ketchel Street in Bridgeport, Connecticut. The fire measured approximately 50 by 50 feet, with visible flames and difficult access through wooded terrain. Units engaged in raking operations and dispatched additional brush equipment, off-road vehicles, and manpower to the scene to contain the fire.
Audio|Source: Trumbull Fire
06:26
Transcript:
00:00
Easton Engine 2, Command.
00:07
Trumbull calling at each one.
00:12
Go ahead.
00:14
You go direct with East End Engine 2, please?
00:21
I'm trying to call Easton Engine 2.
00:23
Are they calling out?
00:25
Yeah, they just reached out to us on Ups 1.
00:32
Engine 2, go ahead.
00:35
Cervand, 205.
00:36
I'm with Engine 2, chauffeur.
00:39
All right, I just want to let you guys know.
00:42
Polaris is coming in now.
00:44
Polaris 2.
00:50
The drone is too cold to fly right now, so we're trying to get it warmed up.
00:58
Reese, at this point we can see the fire, but access is appearing to be difficult.
01:02
I'm not sure that any vehicle will be helpful.
01:07
Okay.
01:10
Can you give me an approximate size if it's growing?
01:13
I just want to gauge what resources I need here.
01:21
We're still several hundred feet away from it.
01:23
It's on the waterline and there is visible fire, potentially 50 foot square.
01:34
Received.
01:40
205, just confirm you took three firefighters into the woods, correct?
01:48
Four and one.
01:51
Received and East Engine 2 has two personnel.
01:59
That's correct.
02:02
Okay, received.
02:07
Submo on command.
02:17
Reto Longhill, Add Trumbull Center for brush equipment,
02:23
manpower,
02:25
specifically some pickup trucks in Trumbull Center's UTV to Ketchel Street or Ketrel Place.
02:35
Rurisi.
02:40
Long Hill Trumbull Center, stay by.
03:00
Trumbull to Longhill, now Trumbull Center being added.
03:05
Pickup trucks, UTVs, Polaris, brush equipment, manpower,
03:10
to Ketchel Street near the reservoir for the brush fire deep into the reservoir,
03:17
the woods by the reservoir, utilizing Ops 1.
03:20
That's Long Hill.
03:23
Additional tone for Manpower, Trumble Center for Manpower, brush equipment,
03:27
new TVs,
03:28
pickup trucks for Ketchel Street to enter the area of the reservoir for a brush fire.
03:37
40 hours of LH1, time now is 0601 hours, Trumbull dispatch.
03:40
Stand by.
03:46
Tumble Senator, right, Station 1.
03:50
All right, station 1.
03:53
Oh, H1. I'm going to send a 360 page for the equipment you need to both departments as well.
04:01
Roger?
04:07
205.
04:12
205.
04:13
All right, Pat, Pat, I'm going to put your energy application in there.
04:18
I don't have you said.
04:26
So I have six additional with enough layers with firefighting capabilities on the way into you.
04:37
Received.
04:42
Command, 205.
04:49
Command's on.
04:50
I also got your picture.
04:54
All right, we are on the scene of the fire that is approximately 50 by 50.
04:59
We're starting raking operations.
05:01
I'm not sure that a Polaris will get close to us.
05:04
I'm going to drop you up pin on my phone in a second.
05:08
All right, turn that over to LH4.
05:13
and just let me know what additional resources you might need.
05:17
It looked like Easton's players had a portable pump,
05:22
and I'm hoping that our crew put our portable pump on the players before they walked in.
05:31
Yeah, those portables would be key here.
05:36
Flares too.
05:41
Floresu's on one.
05:44
Do you have the Ajax pump?
05:49
That's negative.
05:53
I'll send somebody back to get it.
05:57
Bruce U.S. on the trailer.
06:05
205 plus two.
06:09
205.
06:13
Is that location, there's a point of war?
06:17
I know where you saw walking out.
06:19
Is it fantastic there?
06:24
Flores, too. I don't believe you're going to get close to this.
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Location mentioned:
Reservoir - Whiskey Hill, Bridgeport, CT
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