Wildfire response near Fleming Farm on Gillis Falls Rd, Carroll County MD
WildfireFire and emergency units responded to a wildfire near Fleming Farm off Gillis Falls Road in Carroll County, Maryland. Commanders coordinated brush trucks, tankers, and water supply to fight the fire spreading through vegetation and near fallen power lines. Water was sourced from nearby ponds and underground tanks to support suppression efforts.
Audio|Source: Carroll County Fire and EMS - Digital
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Transcript:
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Standard brush, higher brush 4-5.
00:02
Press in 4-7.
00:05
Yes.
00:07
All right, so you're going to need to come up towards wind, Rob,
00:11
to the top of the hill, start working on the head of the fire, which is heading from my vantage point from left to right.
00:20
That's for working the way up the hill now.
00:27
Commander Carroll, who's my first tanker? Is it four?
00:31
That's correct.
00:34
Command of Hattertank of 4.
00:39
Power Tank 4.
00:42
So come up wind, Rob, up the dirt road, the same direction that your engine company came.
00:47
We'll work on getting you a supply line and you'll start hitting that supply line to provide them water.
00:54
Okay.
00:58
Okay. All right.
01:04
Commanded 4-1 make it unseen.
01:08
Yeah, they're on the scene now.
01:13
Carol, sir.
01:18
Commandant Carroll, Carol, notify the power company that takes care of this particular area.
01:23
Apparently we have wires down in the field.
01:28
Carol, sir, we'll make notification.
01:35
47 degrees.
01:39
Go ahead. All right, here's one shift.
01:43
You can get another brush truck up here.
01:46
Try to get on the left side of the power line, pushing back to the west now.
01:51
Okay, we've got two more coming.
01:53
Do you want them to come off at Gilles Falls or come off Wind Rob where your engine game?
01:59
The wind route side is where the wires now.
02:01
They can come back off Gulles Falls.
02:03
Alright,
02:06
did you catch the address off of Gilles Falls?
02:10
I believe it's (number withheld).
02:12
It should be the Fleming Farm.
02:15
What was the name of the farm, sorry?
02:18
It should be the Fleming Farm, (number withheld), Gilles Falls.
02:22
All right. Commander Carroll, put that in the comments and have the brush trucks come in by the Fleming Farm off Gillick Falls, please.
02:31
Okay,
02:35
sorry, Russ 15, Brush Wolf 5, Brust 1,2,5.
02:38
Having off of (number withheld), Gillis Falls Road by the Plum.
02:44
Thank you, Command.
02:45
Thank you, Command.
02:48
Go ahead.
02:50
I got somebody at the station that can bring either a pickup or an engine and give you a water supply.
02:55
Are you interested?
02:59
Is it somebody that can bring your engine?
03:03
Yeah, I got a driver that can handle a water supply if you like.
03:09
Yeah, have them bring the engine, and it looks like our closest water hookup might be right there at Gillis Falls and John Pickett.
03:16
There's a large pond there, but I'm not sure if there's a way to get into it.
03:23
Okay.
03:24
He's good at pond and water sources.
03:25
He'll take care of everything now.
03:28
Commandant Carroll, do you copy that?
03:31
That's great.
03:32
We also got a phone call from Lieutenant Moser, viz, and there's a water source around Grimville's underground tank here to Salt Lake Farm, 40,000 gallons.
03:46
Okay.
03:48
It's on the corner.
03:53
Our tanker for a location.
03:56
Command, you want me up in the field?
04:01
Yeah, we'll get you close to 4-1.
04:06
If you want to drop a line with the Clappard-Siamese, we can supply you, supplying the engine, and then we'll have the rest of the tankers dump into you.
04:15
69-25-town picket route, out to 71230.
04:22
4-1 driver to command.
04:25
Just have the tanker holding up right there where he is.
04:27
I moved down.
04:29
I still got 1,000.
04:30
I still got three-quarters.
04:36
Okay, Tanker Ford, you copy that.
04:38
And engine 4-1, do you want some help stretching the supply line back up this way?
04:44
Yeah, he's going to need a hand.
04:48
Okay.
04:54
Howard's 542s on NAPA 7.
04:58
30.
05:04
Like 18 responding.
05:08
Make 18 now.
05:13
He said there's a cistern on Grimville.
05:17
There's a large pond right at John Pickett and Gillis Falls.
05:22
I'm not sure if we can get in there to draft out of that or not.
05:28
I won't be able to make access with this unit to that pond.
05:32
How about the bridge mount of woodbine and the county line? Easy access.
05:39
That'll work.
05:43
Alright, I'll let you know what it's set up.
05:46
Hired water supply for 2 to come here.
05:51
Go ahead.
05:55
We're at Woodbott and the county line.
05:57
You want us to take that water supply?
06:00
That'll work if you can get that bridge mount set up, so let you know what it's ready.
06:06
4-7-0-sur-driver.
06:08
Good.
06:12
You could start sweeping yourself back to where we started from.
06:20
Okay.
06:23
You could start working your way back to where we started from.
06:27
Okay.
06:42
Calavvy, right, Carol, command.
06:48
Any unit calling, go ahead.
06:54
Tangle, I'm done for command.
06:55
Brush 125 is on the scene, (number withheld) Bill's Falls.
07:01
125, you'll work your way up and start hitting the flank that's closest to there, working your way back up towards higher 4-1.
07:12
1-1 is in the area of (number withheld), Gilles Falls and Heady Factors call.
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Location mentioned:
Near Gillis Falls Rd, Woodbine, MD 21797
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