Large brush fire advances rapidly near Washington Valley Road, Bridgewater NJ
Fire & ArsonA large brush fire is rapidly advancing uphill near Washington Valley Road and Martinsville Gardens in Bridgewater. Multiple fire units and hand crews are working on the north and south sides to contain the fire. The fire is spreading quickly and challenging to control with hand tools alone, requiring extended handlines and water supply. Additional brush trucks and firefighters are being staged and deployed for containment efforts.
Audio|Source: Middlesex County Fire and EMS - Northwest
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Transcript:
00:00
They're currently jockeying to position themselves for a movement. No movement noted right now.
00:08
Leasey, I can see someone over the hill.
00:15
Go on, I'll bring them up to the backfill engine.
00:23
Then 60 brick.
00:26
Do you want me to start? 37 and 36 for an hour, hold off.
00:31
Hold off until I do a face-to-face.
00:34
Okay, see.
00:35
Thank you. There's no back there.
00:41
Up here to go to north side.
00:47
Cherokee, thank you.
00:53
Motion anomaly, road commence.
00:56
Go ahead.
00:59
Here's 30 minutes into operation.
01:03
Canady, can't move again with that? Couldn't hear here.
01:06
Here's 30 minutes into operation.
01:10
Grace inspection.
01:13
They have three hand crews working on the north side at UCV unit and a hand crew working on the south side.
01:19
All hands are working.
01:22
Free!
01:28
All right, off and command from Captain 431 on the left side of fire, we are going to need a line.
01:34
We cannot contain this fire with him.
01:39
Captain 1, I'm heading in the woods right now with Forest Fire.
01:42
I'm gonna try and get your handline there.
01:44
I'm walking in right now.
01:46
Three Seeds, we see you right now.
01:48
Everything that we took care of on the west before is now ripping again.
01:54
Please, is it still backing down the hill? Is it still backing fire down the hill? Stop.
02:01
Very, very small cheetahs.
02:05
Thank you.
02:08
We're currently extending the handline off the UTV to get this fighting fire going up north.
02:16
This is like for there.
02:23
Captain 431, is there anything I can do to relocate?
02:31
Stand by. Command from Chapter 431.
02:35
Go to command.
02:37
Do you want to relocate the Mini down to Martinsville Gardens?
02:46
Use the fire line off that truck where they're at now.
02:49
We would have to wait for the fire to burn up the hill, which in this case it might.
02:56
Go again with it might.
02:57
It might what?
03:00
It might advance up the hill.
03:02
The fire is rapidly advancing at the head and on the left side.
03:05
We cannot contain it with hand tools.
03:09
Received. So stage them as far forward as you can and use them as a backstop.
03:16
Bunker from Chapter 1.
03:19
Good.
03:23
Agree yourself where you're at, get two handlines over the fence, get the last line up there.
03:27
We can't stop this fire from down here.
03:32
Receive.
03:33
Check the acid up here.
03:54
North County 51 and 63 fire brush trucks requested in Bridgewater near Martinsville Gardens near Washington Valley Road for a large brush fire at 63 and 51 fire brush trucks.
04:07
Bridgewater near Martinsville Gardens near Washington Valley Road large brush fire.
04:15
From Chapter 1.
04:25
Sursa county.
04:28
Near Mannery Road, cross Dobbs Street and Barnards Avenue.
04:32
36-year-old male bleeding from the finger.
04:37
It's 22 AMS.
04:40
Near Mannery Road, Dobbs Street cross, 36-year-old male bleeding from the hand.
04:44
1719.
04:47
One, three, copy.
04:49
Okay, three.
04:53
Copy. Same by, buddy.
05:02
Operations North, on Opsu, Inn.
05:15
What's the status of the fire?
05:19
What's the status of your side of the fire?
05:29
NIMS coordinator, second tones, Martinsville Gardens.
05:32
Near Washington Valley Road for a large brush fire.
05:35
That's NIMS coordinator, second tone, Martinsville Gardens, near Washington Valley Road and Bridgewater for a large brush fire.
05:43
Okay.
05:49
Okay. We're not going to the line up here.
05:50
Let's extend it again.
05:57
Okay, 2-22.
06:03
All right, let me know.
06:09
Okay, that'd be five one-two.
06:13
75-count.
06:17
County, we're assembling, responding shortly.
06:21
Tynercy, thank you.
06:26
First 22 from Mack 10, you're going to stage at the lower parking lot of the Martinsville Gardens.
06:39
Received to that, near Washington Valley.
06:47
Received, about a 1280KK.
06:56
Received, crew size.
06:59
Just two in the brush.
07:02
Received.
07:08
The east side is way out ahead of us now heading back towards Flower Drive.
07:18
Four or three needs a supply line up to their brush truck.
07:22
The last brush truck in the line in this driveway.
07:28
Captain 431 from command, if you have any units to the east of you that are standing by to get in front of it.
07:38
If we can shut this line down and extend it either off UTV or off 815, that'd be great to be another hundred feet.
07:47
And I have the brush truck and I have the attack in defensive posture at the top of the hill by the cell tower with line deployed in case the fire gets there.
07:58
Received. Received.
07:59
Do you want me to send them route? I have them en route.
08:02
They're staging down here but they can come to you.
08:06
Hey, sir, send them top side and have them start extending one-inch line into the woods.
08:10
We're going to need water.
08:11
We're not going to be able to do this all with hand tools.
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Near Washington Valley Rd, Martinsville, NJ 08836
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