Firefighters contain brush fire near fort meade homes, Fort Meade FL
WildfireFirefighters responded to a large brush fire near 109th Street Southwest in Fort Meade, Florida. Multiple fire engines and brush trucks worked to contain the flames spreading toward nearby houses and pastures. The fire was held back from the tree line and controlled with water supplies and equipment support. No personal details were mentioned.
Audio|Source: Polk County Fire Rescue, Fire and EMS
09:14
Transcript:
00:00
Bartow fires bring their brush truck also, sir.
00:04
Copy, thank you.
00:05
You're welcome, sir.
00:06
It's 50-57.
00:12
That's affirmative.
00:15
Can we get around to the Charlie side at all and keep that from going into that tree line?
00:22
That's affirmative.
00:23
I'm going to walk back there right now.
00:25
Should be able to complete my 360s.
00:28
And we'll keep it out of that tree.
00:31
I copy. Also, I'm going to be making you safety.
00:34
Captain 12 will be safety.
00:36
Copy Captain 12 will be safety.
00:39
1658.
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22, please, available as though.
00:50
Complete, 1658.
00:51
Near 109th Street southwest, 1658.
01:00
Off the brush one, copy.
01:09
Brush one.
01:12
So it's responding to near 109th Street, southwest,
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from each way.
01:19
Top 30, 1659.
01:25
Power pole.
01:26
We do have a little bit of grass with on fire back here.
01:28
We're going to get checked real quick.
01:29
Other than that,
01:31
I see no further hazards back here.
01:34
So understood.
01:37
I'm going to go ahead and shut you down to one line so rescue 12 go ahead to shut your line down.
01:41
I'll have more water coming for you here in about two minutes.
01:45
Go ahead and stay with your line.
01:55
Stop it.
01:57
Okay.
01:59
Okay.
02:02
Clear.
02:04
A number one.
02:09
I copy. Go ahead and come straight up and come past the dump tank and pull in right behind engine 12.
02:15
There is a pair unit as well.
02:20
One, one, Agent 12.
02:21
Water on the...
02:26
You show Engine 28 returning from 4 feet.
02:31
Engine 28, can you stay behind Bartows, please?
02:34
Okay, number two.
02:40
It's getting toned out.
02:42
Training's 11 was put on this call.
02:44
We have Bartow Brush 1 and their chief on this call too.
02:50
Team backing up units on scene, large brush fire.
02:53
Near 109th Street, southwest, Fort Meade, Tack 8, TAC 8[1], 7,100 hours.
03:01
Rescue, 230.
03:03
2.30.
03:06
She was back in the service covering zone.
03:08
I got me.
03:13
I go ahead and pull from Engine 1 as well.
03:21
Hi, I got me.
03:23
Rescue 12. You can go back to operation run that line.
03:30
Have you on seeing the night street?
03:33
Have you all seen on the night street? It's up Tito 1.
03:38
Engine 19 to dispatch.
03:40
Engine 19.
03:42
Engine 19 and brush 19, first line.
03:46
Sevento1 both units.
03:53
Bobby, you're empty with you.
03:59
Command to Batfog, you can come on up and assume accountability, please.
04:07
Command to Engine 11.
04:09
Angel 11,
04:11
Command. Go ahead.
04:14
There should be room if you want to pull in and come up next to my vehicle and engine one.
04:21
Just make sure we leave the driveway entrance open for the tenders to get in and out to dump their water, please.
04:28
Copy moving behind your truck.
04:42
I got a Fort Meade Brush truck over on this side of the pasture.
04:45
It's got a little couple of spots in the pasture itself.
04:48
They're holding it pretty well.
04:54
I copy.
04:55
Are you in the north end?
05:00
Uh, northeast,
05:01
yeah.
05:04
Okay,
05:05
find out if Brush 76-1 went in this property to the south.
05:12
No, they were in the pasture that was in the east side of the fire.
05:18
All the way to the south end by the lake.
05:26
Forestry, pat six.
05:28
Go ahead.
05:30
Montaigne pulled into the field with the John Deere Tractor with the disc.
05:35
Is that where I need to start, you reckon? You got anything in danger?
05:42
Yeah, that's where we were earlier.
05:44
Hang on the second, let me get him on that.
05:49
One-031, Pennsylvania Street, Fort Meade's Hocke 4, 1704.
05:56
Yeah, where that John Deer tractor is, to the south.
05:59
We're at the south head,
06:01
which is the direction of all the houses off of Mosley Road.
06:06
Copy, I'm unload it right out here in this field to the, on the north side,
06:11
and I'll work my way south.
06:14
Copy, that shit will be out on that north end, right?
06:18
It looks like it, yeah, it's run into this, what are you going to call it, this crop field, all disk up.
06:26
I copy.
06:31
We are at the north end and everything's out.
06:35
Where would you like us?
06:40
Sorry on water.
06:43
We've got about half.
06:49
Chobby, can you make it back into that field on my side of the tracks where that RV was?
06:57
Yes, sir.
07:00
All right, just make it over there for now.
07:03
That cogan grass is burning south still towards the houses.
07:12
First into command,
07:14
we're entering that field.
07:21
Around,
07:23
you can show all those units complete and they can wait for animal control.
07:30
I copy. 17.
07:36
Okay.
07:39
Back on to returning from Winter Haven.
07:41
I copy.
07:46
Copy. You need me anywhere?
07:48
Yeah,
07:51
most of the actions on this side of the tracks.
07:53
I'm going to go back out to third and come down Sand Mountain.
07:58
Copy that.
08:05
And then engine 12 should be coming out and recycling, engine 1 will be taking our place.
08:15
I copy a cylinder of countability, 12 handling, Delta Charley 5, engine 11 coming out, engine 12, engine 1 will be taking their place, 17-06.
08:29
I'm going to be good on water until we get 1026 year to fill up that don't think.
08:43
Negative sure we just run out of water.
08:50
Squad 21's out of water and you're 12 is out of water.
08:56
Engine 12 command, we have engine 1 supply us right now said that he's almost empty.
09:01
I am at about a half of thing.
09:06
Back out.
09:09
Command of safety, go ahead and let's drop down the one line.
09:13
We maintain water flow.
Police codes explained
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[1]
TAC 8: Tactical radio communication on channel 8
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