Fire crews contain brush fire near river bridge, Davenport IA
Firefighters contained a brush fire along the river near the bridge using boat-mounted hoses and handlines. A drone confirmed the main fire source east of the bridge at about 1,200 feet. The fire was subsiding during the incident.
Audio|Source: Davenport and Quad Cities Metro Police, Fire / EMS
04:16
Transcript:
00:00
No, we're getting our models.
00:02
The boat's going to move up.
00:04
We're going to use that gun off the boat.
00:06
And hit what we can hit, then we'll go back to the handline,
00:09
and just keep kind of trying to leapfrog back up towards you guys.
00:16
I copy that.
00:18
Squad 12 and engine 11, what's your location?
00:27
Command Squad Told Engine 11 are making a way back to you guys.
00:36
I'm not ashore by myself.
00:37
Are you headed to 13 or are you heading to me?
00:42
We're heading to you.
00:44
We have a good stop loss from Engine 13 to where we're at now.
00:54
Keep shining your flashlight around so I can pick up your location.
01:02
Do you see it?
01:06
Negative.
01:11
Command is 11, go ahead and back towards the entrance from when Browns into the woods.
01:19
That far.
01:28
Command,
01:33
Edge 11, do you want us to proceed back to the parking lot or head to your location?
01:43
I want to catch up with you here a second.
01:45
I'm heading back towards Len Browns, walking along the waterline here.
01:51
10-4[1].
01:56
Come here from engine 13.
02:00
Go ahead.
02:04
Yeah,
02:06
we stopped the fire and we're moved back up probably 200 foot towards you.
02:11
Again, we're going to keep working your way.
02:13
But to the Molling City side of us, we're only getting out about probably 150 foot with the water.
02:23
We may need somebody to walk that line and see what they can do with the flappers.
02:31
Tenport, thank you.
02:32
I'm going to go ahead and go available.
02:34
I'll go back to Fire Main.
02:35
I'll notify the health department in the morning that they had a fire on their stove.
02:40
Tempour, thank you.
02:46
QCon, engine port, cleaning available, switching back to the fireground Main.
02:52
10-4[1].
02:53
Tukon. 24-4-4-2-2-2-2 is available.
03:05
Command 14.
03:08
14, go ahead.
03:12
Is there any way that you can make you with that to the command car?
03:19
Yeah,
03:23
that's going to take me a bit.
03:27
The Chief of Police with August Dan is here.
03:29
He'd like to speak with you.
03:35
Okay
03:41
The drone is picking up the biggest source of the fire along the river about 1,200 feet east of the bridge
03:56
I copy that, is picking up our location
04:01
Yeah, you've got heat indications all around you guys, but it looks like it's subsided.
04:08
It's around pretty good.
04:12
At near West 76 Street.
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10-4: Acknowledgment (Message received / OK)
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