Fire crews respond to wildfire near Enochs Way, Fletcher NC
WildfireFirefighters responded to a wildfire near Enochs Way in Fletcher, North Carolina. Crews coordinated to create fire lines and used equipment including saws and blowers to control the fire. Heavy equipment and several hand crews were deployed to manage the fire along trails and ridges. The operation involved ongoing communication to track progress and ensure safety.
Audio|Source: Buncombe County Fire
07:46
Transcript:
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It's near Enochs Way.
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It's going to be referenced in a fall.
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Your cross street is going to be Cancrete.
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Paffe, Norton.
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3.01.
00:34
Go ahead.
00:41
That baby, y'all have a saw-wee?
00:45
No, sir.
00:47
We've got a blower, though.
00:50
Okay, are you still down towards the bottom before you started the student park?
00:57
Yeah, sir, we can stop and get a saw.
01:01
That'd be explained it if you would.
01:05
Copy that. Okay,
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Lock at Road, you'll see where we started rehabbing lines,
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and as you get closer to Alpha Bravo, we'll have to have a saw to rehab this.
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per hour decreasing to around 13 miles per hour.
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I'll be there, thank you.
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Squad 333-301.
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Go ahead.
01:41
So we have an AFG firefighter who's off duty that came to our side and he has a mini excavator and he asked if we need it.
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I think we're good at this point because we've actually got some heavy equipment that just arrived on scene that's going to start where they're kind of needed most.
02:03
I think we're good right now.
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G3, 332, fire tech.
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213,
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crew, you have bar.
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Two one, three,
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crew, you have bar.
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So on.
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Copy. Two,
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three into three one, partech.
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Thank you, 382 at 1404.
03:01
Okay. From Skala.
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U2V8. Partet.
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Okay.
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Okay.
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I'm ten-four, thank you.
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G3, engine 42, par check.
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You got a par.
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Copy, got par.
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Two-three squad twenty-three, you got par.
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You got par.
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G3, rush three, you got far.
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The AFD crews you have fire.
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AFD is up fire.
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AFD is up fire.
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The hand crew from the Forest Service with Division Suit, Michael.
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We're starting down to Charlie's side from the top of the mountain view, putting the handline in,
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bringing fire with us.
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How great, too, Connells?
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Thank you, go ahead.
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What EMS unit do you have come to us?
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B3 Station 9? Oops.
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Met up with them, they're tenfold.
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I'm talking about.
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Car.
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Ninety-three communications shows us.
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In-core, the income administration.
05:03
You say you don't fire this patch.
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Call Chief 8 Fire Dispatch.
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Chief A, can you give me a call?
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I could...
05:30
Yes,
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2,
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(number withheld).
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(number withheld).
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Do Ranger 2?
05:50
It's Ranger 2, go ahead.
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Check, making sure you're 10-4.
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Do you have any updates or any additional resources?
06:06
Yeah, I got one crew headed down Alpha Flank starting the line.
06:11
I'm still waiting to meet up with that,
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the Asheville Hand Crew.
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...and saws up here.
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Ranger 2 from Asheville Hand Crew.
06:37
Hey Dan, we are at where the squad 3-3's location by this little cabin.
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Looking at a tie-in with you, can you kind of walk us into where you're at?
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All right,
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are you guys anywhere near a Fox Gap Trail or Busy B Lane?
07:07
We came in on the box gap.
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We parked right next to your rig, I believe.
07:15
Head down that long.
07:18
Well, that was on the right,
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you'll get to the ridge, and if you just come straight down off that ridge,
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you'll see the flames and hear some leaf blowers, and that's where I'm at.
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Do you want us to the ridge find the front and start working from there.
07:45
Are you up that way?
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Near Enochs Way, Fletcher, NC 28732
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