Brush fire near Lower Brush Creek road prompts mutual aid, Fletcher NC
Fire & ArsonA brush fire near Lower Brush Creek Road grew quickly, prompting multiple fire stations to respond. Mutual aid was requested, and a utility company was contacted due to involvement of power lines. Fire crews worked to contain the fire and manage resources on scene.
Audio|Source: Buncombe County Fire
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Transcript:
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Chief 10 from Ranger 3.
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Ranger 2, I got your name.
00:07
Yeah, Chief,
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Ben's up there, their fire activity's picked up.
00:12
If you've got a couple extra standing up Alpha somewhere, if you could have just like two more bump up to him to give him a hand to try to catch that corner.
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If y'all need them to do something different or like,
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but they're in a safe zone up there, but he's just needing a couple more hands to help him out.
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I copy. I'm going to try to have some crews on standby now here for extra resources as I get some.
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Tension 3-2.
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Communications.
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Coms to 10-01.
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All right, communication.
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You said send me a couple.
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I'm going to send you 19, 20, and 16.
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Is that going to be sufficient?
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Copy, 19, 20, and 16.
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I'm dispatching now. I want to dispatch him now.
01:25
Station 16, 1920.
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Manpower requested brush fire.
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Station 16,
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five-man crews requested brush fire, 110, groups road extension.
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19,
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station 20, station 16, five-man crews requested brush fire.
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110, grooms road extension and anchor.
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Operate fire attack two, fire attack two is in Channel 1231.
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On machine, G3.3.
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Chief 3.
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C3 is going to be on the scene.
02:51
You've got probably a quarter to half acre fire, fast moving uphill with high potential.
02:57
If you could start me at Station 213 at this time, please.
03:06
Copy one quarter acre,
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mass potential, start station 21.
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Very.
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District 3, respond mutual 3, District 3, Rush 5, near Lower Brush Creek Road.
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Station 21, District 3, respond mutual aid to Station 3, District 3,
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Rush Fire, near Lower Brush Creek Road.
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Cross-trees, Oakalboggi Drive and Cane Creek Road, select FireTack 3, FireT,
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1232.
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10-23[1] to Chief 10.
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One thing?
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Mission 33, get a attack, right.
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All that's headed up our way, we could use one.
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...rush this meeting around two personal.
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521, that's 10-0-1.
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Section 3 on Lower Brush Creek Road.
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Our units, that's not a brush truck with the exception of engine 333 stage on Lower Brush Creek Road.
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Communications,
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this is Haywood Engine 13.3.
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I'm on the scene.
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Haywood Engine 133, 1233.
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Starting on the scene, station.
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Have them contact me,
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please. To the main,
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do you need any equipment from here?
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Trick 20, ATV 20 in route.
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I think we should be sufficient.
05:31
We probably need to grab that brush truck from Station 3.
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Thank you, June 3, 2 and Pytactor.
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You need us to grab the bus truck in the station 3.
05:48
Yeah, go and grab Section 3's rush drive.
05:51
Our next that rush drive needs to come around the right side of the house.
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I'll be direct the new indoor roadway.
06:24
We're also going to need a Duke Energy representative, started from a power line.
06:32
Okay.
06:34
Okay.
06:57
Personnel, brush 16 with 2, brush 19 with 1, and truck 5 with 2.
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Copy 19, brush 19 for 1,
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station 20,
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8c20 20 with 2, brush 16 with 2, and truck 5 with 2.
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Thank you. Communications, this is Haywood County, engine 133.
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I'm on scene.
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I'm down here at the bottom of Inca Candler's Virginia Rescue 10.
07:43
Okay.
07:46
Hey, Haywood County, Engine 13, 2, you're on scene.
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1238.
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All right.
07:59
All your personnel, come on up here at our location, check in with Chief Ten operations.
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10-23: Arrived at scene
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Near Lower Brush Creek Rd, Fletcher, NC 28732
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