Wildfire burning near Hookers Gap Road in North Carolina, Buncombe County NC
WildfireFire crews are managing a wildfire near Hookers Gap Road and Grooms Road in North Carolina. They are using dozers and aircraft to control the fire, which has spread over about five acres. Firefighters are creating control lines and coordinating efforts to contain the fire.
Audio|Source: Buncombe County Fire
04:45
Transcript:
00:00
Brushfield's on scene.
00:06
Command,
00:10
Chief Ten, operations, I've got 12-2 and upper homie down there.
00:15
What do you need about?
00:32
1801 from Chief 53 on TAC 1.
00:37
Go ahead.
00:41
Would you like me to start to your brush bar on TAC 3?
00:46
Yes, that would you do, that we do, if you do it,
00:48
I understand.
01:04
I have to utilize those lines that we used last, back in the spring.
01:12
Yeah, we're pretty much to the left-hands of the first fire.
01:17
I think the Charlie Division is going to be running over to it.
01:22
I've got the Dozer coming and going to let them hit it.
01:25
Ben and the crew is fixing to take off.
01:27
I want to have them take a look at it and then may get aircraft to try to cool that side off, and then we can reopen those existing lines for the Charlie Division.
01:39
Jacob, can they come in from the Grooms Road side or is they going to have to go in on the back side on the Hookers Gap Road?
01:47
I think we're good to come in off of Grooms Road, that's where I'm set up,
01:52
and the fire department's got crews taken off,
01:55
looking at about five acres now.
02:02
15 and service?
02:05
Tax 16 in service, 12-07.
02:09
What else you?
02:15
Go ahead, Joseph.
02:19
I might move back for the way up,
02:22
this alpha side.
02:24
We're scratching line in as we'll move up.
02:28
You can.
02:29
Next crew, you stood my way.
02:32
Send them with a, uh,
02:34
slow it down with it.
02:38
It ain't going to stop it.
02:40
I'm working on the next ridge.
02:44
Okay,
02:45
Ben's going to be your point of contact from the Forest Service.
02:48
He's on his way in now.
02:51
Okay,
02:53
it's working,
02:54
working slow back and fired.
02:57
It's generated back down into another gults.
03:00
And it's coming across the second spurridge.
03:03
I want to try to get to the top of the end, see what it looks like.
03:10
I'm thinking 5' and search.
03:14
1801.
03:20
Go ahead.
03:23
I guess our hollows picked up if you could afford to think of getting out of here.
03:28
Thank you very much.
03:32
Thank you for help.
03:36
Can you stop?
03:44
Yeah, 10-4[1].
03:45
Let me make sure I think I'm needing more people over there and had it milk sick.
03:50
We have one busted out over our two.
04:07
Oh, well, it sounds like all my companies are back in district, so you can have Engine 2 if you need it.
04:14
Okay, yeah, that'd be good if you don't mind.
04:21
5-01.
04:25
Good. Good.
04:28
Yes, sir. Do you advise you your engine 5-2 is going to take care of the right there for you at Leicester?
04:35
Yeah, that's for revenge you can stand by here.
04:38
Okay,
04:41
four, thank you, sir.
04:42
We'll head back that provide personnel for them.
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10-4: Acknowledgment or confirmation that a message has been received and understood.
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Hookers Gap Rd, North Carolina
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