Fire reported at solar farm near Airport Dr in Chesapeake, Chesapeake VA
Fire & ArsonFire crews responded to a fire at a solar farm near Airport Drive in Chesapeake, Virginia. Smoke was visible from a distance but no flames were initially seen. Access to the site was delayed pending contact with a facility representative. Crews were instructed not to use water due to possible electrical dangers. Dominion Energy allowed gate access but directed crews to remain outside the solar farm area and avoid electrical equipment. Brush trucks were deployed to assess the situation.
Audio|Source: Chesapeake Fire
07:22
Transcript:
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Rescue 15,
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Commercial structure fire, near Airport Dr, timeout, 1627.
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2.
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Rustruck 13, Jesse.
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Rush truck 13?
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Responding.
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Was engine 13.
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Okay, 1628.
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Okay,
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1628. Okay. 1628. Go back to buy into clearing.
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1028, ladder 2, 1612.
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15.
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You're 5, I've got you 2.
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Go ahead. Do you want us to swing by the station and grab the Polaris? Do you repeat that?
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Do you want us to swing by the station and grab the Boiliterate?
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Negative.
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Five got me.
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Three and three, Chesapeake.
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Turning.
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Can you show me on the scene? We're going to be at the solar farm.
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I do have smoke showing
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to me back a little bit of a distance. Have you made contact with any representative from the facility?
01:27
Negative no contact has been made.
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You need us to reach out.
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First, you need contact with somebody so we can get access to the facility.
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Station 12, Chesapey.
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Station 12.
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Hey, 1812, mid-12.
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On the message number, we're going to walk in.
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Chastain.
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Okay, 1629-9. Okay, 629.
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Trane 3 to be signing too.
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Decide to train 3.
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Chief, we just have a lot of smoke, probably good 100 feet, 200 feet back from the entranceway.
02:20
I don't really see too much of flames right now. I'm not sure if it's any solar panels that are actually on fire or if it's just the ground.
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As soon as we get access, I'll give you more information.
02:31
Okay, but time to copy, you've got smoke showing with no real flames at this time. You're able to make an exact identification of what it is. A nice job we can contact with them. Let's make sure all are you going to stay outside that gate until we make contact with the meeting left.
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Engine 13, Joshua.
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Engine 13.
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All unseen level one stage set the gate with training tree.
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Okay, and then 13, unseen level one stage,
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1631.
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Command all the units that are not unseen seated on West Road until we can advise further.
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Correct, correct, third.
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Medic 1 on team.
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Engine 14, Charlie Delta,
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6'4, Flat Rock Lane.
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Engine 14, and Medic 14,
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Charlie Delta, 634, Flat Rock Lane, timeout, 1631.
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Edge and Workmanicporting Response Report 11, 634 flat rock lane, propping pumice lane for heat exposure, 10-133.
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Give them a call back with an update.
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Okay, we're going to be standing by until we arrives on scene in the courts with policies. Stay, I'll tie the peaks.
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Okay, I'm going to text you his contact information.
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Contact.
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Command it, Chesapeake.
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Careful, command it. Can you make contact with PD,
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see if they're possible to get the drone out here?
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Okay, report commanding contact PD to see if they can get a drone out there, 1634.
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You can also make this a working incident and no further equipment is needed from what we have right now.
04:57
Okay, make a working incident, no further equipment needed, 16304.
05:07
Marshall, one's saying too.
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In addition to the contact I just sent you, there's also a Dominion crew about 20 minutes out.
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The Taiti 2, copy.
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Tadai 2 is your train, 3.
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Command.
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Go ahead, Chief.
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Okay, we're getting ready to pull up on scene. I just spoke with the Dominion rep.
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He thinks he can have somebody here in about 30 minutes or so. He's okay with us opening up that gate and we can proceed on the path. He wants us staying outside the solar farm area.
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And...
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Not putting any water on anything that's obviously potentially electrical, but he is okay with us opening the gate and proceeding down there on the designated road to at least identify what's going on.
06:00
Why don't we plan on send in, I see the brush truck 13 is there, and we'll have brush truck 7 on scene here, and we'll send the two of those trucks in there.
06:11
Sounds good, we'll get the brush trucks through there.
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Come in with Jesse.
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Report command, go ahead.
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You can disregard the request for the drone.
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Okay, of course, command, disregard.
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Request for drone, 1636.
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With hi, it's huge, ma'am.
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Go ahead, second, too.
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Copy everything that you've got coming our way right now. I'll go ahead and take command from over here.
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Proceeds.
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Battalion 2, Chespey.
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Retaliant 2 as Westward command.
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Okay, battalion 2.
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Making command 1637.
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Command.
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Command.
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Command.
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To be advised, the brush truck's also bringing the Gator.
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Okay.
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Near Airport Dr, Chesapeake, VA 23323
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