Wind-driven grass fire near Rivers Edge Drive, Fort Mill SC
WildfireFirefighters responded to a fast-moving grass fire near Rivers Edge Drive in Fort Mill, South Carolina. The fire was driven by strong winds and required multiple fire engines, tankers, and brush trucks to contain and provide water supply. Teams worked to establish water supply points and set defensive lines to control the fire spread. Additional units were deployed to assist in firefighting efforts due to the heavy fire conditions and wind direction.
Audio|Source: York County Fire and EMS
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Transcript:
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River U. Grass 1.
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Priority 1[1].
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Grass fire emergency.
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Near Rivers Edge Drive.
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T-11.
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TAC 21[2].
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He'll end into Firecom.
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He'll end in two, Firecom.
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Go ahead.
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I wanted to check with you, sir, and see if you still needed the assistance of EMS out there.
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Negative.
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10-4[3].
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212 make-com.
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2.12. The MS.
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No,
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stand by.
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DMS 212. Assignment complete.
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Assignment complete.
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DMS 9.
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CUMS. None.
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Comey as a patient.
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Copy.
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Firecone. The patient. Copy.
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Firecone. Formalage to 2.
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Approaching scene.
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Heavy smoke.
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Scene from River's Edge can show four milling to two on scene.
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Copy.
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Make that point.
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MS 1.
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Out of Raquel.
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Copy.
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Legal engine two.
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Pleal engine two.
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Sure, that's assignment complete.
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Assignment complete.
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Code.
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Going to need a tanker to this location.
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Formal car one, go ahead and have next available station respond, probably Indiana.
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I copy. All right, call.
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Formal car one.
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Car one.
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Start me in the land tanker and a grass truck to that location emergency traffic.
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Also start, Fort Mill Engine 3 from ampower.
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Copy.
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Firecom, preview tanker one en route.
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Flash units.
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River Vee Tanker 1 in rounds.
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Top it.
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Car one, River DeTanker 1.
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You have the grass trucking route already.
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Next person down here is coming to get it.
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I need that garage truck before that tanker.
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It's going to be off the third row when I can be able to access it.
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I've got a thousand gallons already unseen.
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Copy that, you need to grass frog first.
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Show 1183 with command.
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Formal engine 3, priority, priority 1, grassfire emergency, near River's Edge Drive, Pact 21.
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On MS2.
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MS2.
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You can show us at Caramont.
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Copy at Caramont.
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At the back of engine two there's an access road to the block.
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Copy. Copy.
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Man, it's a heavy wind-driven fire, heavy fire load.
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We're going to need additional units on scene, water supply.
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Fire company, Portmo, engine, freezing, Rob.
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Copy.
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All right, call, two, progress, one, for a car one on scene.
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Copy.
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And, the engine two, engineer, pull the engine forward.
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It's going to be north to south.
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It's going to be pushing right towards the access road.
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Car 1, Firecom, I'll be assuming command.
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Go ahead and start me in an additional grass truck as well.
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Grass One, watch yourself.
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That's going to be pushing right into you.
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Give you a Grass One, Veronica.
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Command, if you can get a water supply established, we can charge this.
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Why? Get water flowing down here.
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Yeah, I don't know if we've got any hydrants right here.
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We're going to get a tanker coming to you.
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Engine 3 can give you a water supply to my next tanker gets here.
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Copy. We're going to set up into three-quarter lines defensive for the grass truck and on this access road since it's pushing towards us.
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Copy. Unable to get visual north of this location.
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Command Firecum, what do you show is my closest hydrant?
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Places water supplies the river at the end of the river's edge.
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Water on fire.
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Copy.
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M.S. 9. U.S.
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9. The U.S.
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9. I'm going to be a complete picture and fuse transport.
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Copy.
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Command, Agent 2, Officer.
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Go ahead.
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Second grass truck is coming in right now is coming from Riverview.
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Do you want them to try to access this off of Old Hickory and try to come on from the back side? Do you want them to come up here with our grass truck and help out?
06:32
I think it'll burn to the firebreak here where the engine is will be okay.
06:35
If they can get in from the north side, verify we don't have extension on the north.
06:39
That'd be good.
06:40
The wind is pushing south.
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Just about central one in route.
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Copy. A fire column.
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Anything that I'm telling you one's in route.
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Copy.
06:54
Command, anything name to tell you one.
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Go ahead, Chief.
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I got a tanker heading to you.
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I also got a brush truck head and to you.
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They're going to be a little way there on another call, but the taker should be to you here long tail.
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All right, copy.
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Commandantia One,
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if you can, go on, make access off Old Hickory Court.
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If you can't get a visual as close as power lines as you can.
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Firecom Riverview, Under 2.
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Ingen, T.
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You got to that Riverview Station 1, waiting for assignment.
Police codes explained
The following codes appeared in the transcript and are explained below:
[1]
Priority 1: Highest-priority, life-threatening emergency requiring immediate response with lights and sirens by police, fire, or EMS.
[2]
TAC 21: Tactical operations channel 21
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10-4: Acknowledgment or confirmation that a message was received and understood.
Disclaimer:
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Location mentioned:
Near Rivers Edge Dr, Fort Mill, SC 29715
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