Controlled burn confirmed near 152nd Avenue and park, Des Moines County IA


Emergency crews responded to reports of smoke near 152nd Avenue and the southeast corner of a park in Burlington, Iowa. Upon investigation, they found a controlled burn managed by a local farmer using appropriate equipment.
Audio|Source: Des Moines County Public Safety
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Transcript:
00:00
Descom 727 is on scene.
00:05
Telephone.
00:12
3.01 from Descom.
00:16
Go ahead.
00:21
Just for your 43, the complainant's address was near 152nd.
00:27
She did state during a call, but she was able to see it from her address.
00:32
Again, she advised it the southeast corner of the park.
00:38
Understood, I'm at 1-608-2.
00:42
Cogsville Road, nothing seen in this location.
00:44
I'll head back to 152nd.
00:53
Descom 347.
01:00
You can put us in the area. All we see right now is dust from the combine.
01:08
That's time 727.
01:11
Be a band cleared from the same volume service.
01:23
347. I've got a visual back at the back side of that beam field through the north on some smoke.
01:34
We see it. It's going to be to the east of 152nd Avenue. We're cutting through the field right now.
01:42
I see some heavy construction type equipment working back there. I didn't know that there is a house being constructed back in that location as well.
01:53
You're cutting in and out, but yeah, we see the machinery back here and there's a truck.
01:58
All responding units downgrade to non-emergent for now.
02:06
We're talking to show 301 on seat.
02:20
Fire commute.
02:24
No issues here, I'm a certain.
02:34
301 from 347.
02:38
Go ahead.
02:42
There's a farmer back here. It looks like a controlled brush pile.
02:46
He's actually got a water tank and everything back here. We're just going to have a word with him, but I think everybody else can disregard.
02:55
10-4[1]-321 drift.
03:01
21, correct. We got official.
03:03
We'll be disregarding. Turn to quarters.
03:09
Com's direct.
03:15
Bill 1 from Descombe.
03:18
Go up for 3.1.
03:20
Do you want the deputy to continue or can he disregard?
03:27
All humans can stand down.
03:30
No.
03:36
Combe 347. Yeah,
03:44
this will be a controlled burn, just burning some trees off on the edge of the timber.
03:50
347 will be returning quarters.
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