Fire crews respond to active wildfire near Lower Brush Creek Road, Buncombe County NC
WildfireFire crews are responding to an active wildfire near Lower Brush Creek Road in Buncombe County. Wind shifts are threatening barns and other structures. Command has requested additional engines for structure protection and ordered road closures to keep onlookers away.
Audio|Source: Buncombe County Fire
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Transcript:
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County 13, go ahead and grab your gear, walk on up here to our location.
00:04
I'll get you up with operations.
00:10
The squad 33 is going to holding us up and exit in this area here and going around the area.
00:18
I'm going to get you just going on a jet-teens near set up on the there's going to feel these drops.
00:26
They got too much wind going in the mic, I couldn't copy any of that, sorry.
00:32
Okay, I'll do a face-to-face here.
00:34
We just want to turn.
00:40
Real one.
00:43
Go ahead.
00:45
You can tell who it is.
00:46
You have to walk down the house, right up with a spiral line.
00:48
You can't get them back around the front house.
01:01
There can't tell they're squirted up towards that power line.
01:07
Command engine 3-3, brush 3.
01:13
Operation soon as you get there, you'll find me right here at Chief Pem's vehicle.
01:21
Have them come back around to the front also whoever saw that line I can't tell from here but they were using a hose out there's working right that live line that's down.
01:35
Chief 12 J.C.B.
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12 in front.
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Turn 20 on scene.
01:46
Help cover Finkus District.
01:52
Command, same thing.
01:54
You put your gear on, go ahead and bring your tools, walk up here, and we'll get you hooked up with operations.
01:59
Good copy.
02:03
Operations, Command,
02:04
we'll get to my location when you can.
02:06
I got all the crews walking in for you.
02:08
Right now I've got one, two, three, four, five, six,
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seven personnel.
02:18
Ranger 2 on team.
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Ranger 2, 1301.
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3101. Keep through.
02:33
Well,
02:35
it might not be a bad idea to leave Rush 213, where they are at that residence, just the case it starts back and back down once they hit those woodlines.
02:47
Copy.
02:52
Communications,
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lower street command.
02:56
Go ahead.
02:57
I've got that weather report when you're ready.
03:01
Go ahead with it.
03:03
For the afternoon, no rain expected, high clouds moving over, humidity 30 to 35%, currently 37 to 40%, wind light in the area.
03:15
Favor northwest direction, 5 to 10 miles per hour.
03:18
Dust to make up to 20 miles per hour.
03:21
Transport wind speed north at west at 22 miles per hour.
03:25
Temperatures be in the 50s high of 59 right now.
03:31
Copy that, thank you.
03:35
Command, 213.
03:36
Go ahead.
03:40
Do you think y'all need an engine to come and stand by with you all over there at the wind shifts again?
03:50
Yes, there's a wind shifts, we're going to have our hands full.
03:56
Copy that command to comms, you can start me another.
04:00
Go ahead start me two other engine companies to this location, please, for structure protection.
04:09
In addition, the Fletcher engine and crew?
04:14
That's affirmative.
04:15
These are some pretty large barns right here, the way this wind's blowing.
04:19
Okay.
04:28
any units available to shut lower brush creek row down.
04:32
We've got a lot of onlookers down here and they're going to create the problems for apparatus getting in here.
04:40
All right, I'm on it.
04:47
Communications,
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command.
04:51
Go ahead.
04:53
If you've got an ambulance call in your district, you'll me send a county truck and see if we can get Station 9 to cover the first response for you?
05:03
Well, that's permanent.
05:24
A Bearview Drive, B2A, Station 3, Pressure Response,
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Cross Street, Bethany, Church Road, D FireMed, 1505.
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forward to communications on Tech One.
06:02
Quintin.
06:03
Ma'am, if you would,
06:07
show Quintin, out of service,
06:09
reference,
06:10
pick-up personnel admissions.
06:16
No, Jerry, thank you, 13-06.
06:23
Section 3-1 driver.
06:26
Update. Part two, we've made it to the top of the mountains.
06:32
Continuing on to meet up the crews on top of the bridge, I'll let you've got another assignment.
06:38
Okay, thank you.
06:45
...atience room.
06:51
And then I'm going ahead with your traffic.
07:18
That'd probably be the easiest.
07:20
4.3 with an engine and crew.
07:29
Wait.
07:35
UTV 38, Pops.
07:37
That's UTV 38. So, that's UTV 38.
07:48
Man, I apologize.
07:50
I'm calling operations.
07:54
Go ahead.
07:58
Where do you need me at right now? I've got a full tank of water.
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Location mentioned:
Lower Brush Creek Rd, North Carolina 28732
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