Large brush fire contained near Cobb Road, Guilford County NC
WildfireA large brush fire occurred near Cobb Road in North Carolina, involving about 12 to 15 acres. Firefighters coordinated to contain and mop up the fire using water supply and dozer access. They encountered wet and fenced areas that complicated access. The fire was mostly contained with some hotspots remaining in tree tops. No injuries or criminal activity reported.
Audio|Source: Guilford Metro Fire
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Transcript:
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Different y'all around the Cobb Road.
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Yeah, it's important, sir.
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We've been to tell you that for a smoke.
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Investigation, Alamette advises y'all were, it's probably due to y'all's fire.
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possible.
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We have roughly 12 to 15 acres prior to what we're dealing with.
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Just heads up.
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Copy that. What's the exact address where you all at so I can pinpoint that?
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Right now.
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Before, when you get full, if you will move back up the hill in front of Rush 54 and start working your line into this front, this upper part,
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kind of where I'm at.
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You're in the field right there now.
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I want to start, you see where 250 standing right here in front of Brush 54, I want to start from where he's at, work a way up and go into the woods that way.
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Yeah, we'll be that just a minute.
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Appreciate.
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44 to Frenchview 250.
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Hey, you're sitting on a half the site.
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Engine 1. Reefone to 541 Ravler Street.
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Medical call.
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Cross Street of University Parkley and Wrenno,
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Atlanta. Pack B2.
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Attention.
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Engine 1. Rephone to 541 Ravre Street.
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Medical call.
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Cross Street of North University Parkley and Wrennell Avenue.
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Tack B2. 2.
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I got some manpower over here, what have you all got going on?
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Come on, Mike, I got to you.
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That's fifty fours out of quarter tank.
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I should look like there there.
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I'm looking pretty good, we're just letting us pull water shut back up from brush 31 and we'll continue.
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We got about 600 full portion on on the ground, so we'll just mopping up.
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Just be advised.
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There is fire in some of the top of the trees above your heads.
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Just be advised.
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Stand for, we got it.
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Hey,
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is Boris because we're down here to take care of these trees? What are we doing?
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Attempting to get the dozer back there,
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I just don't know that we're going to 100% that we can cross between fences and wet drains to get there.
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We're trying to work our way back there now.
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I got back, I also got drinking water for anybody who needs it.
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We might get the pump fired up now.
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All right, you send the middle of your fire back up.
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And just make a note, this rotor is a casualty of the fire.
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And I still have some fire under the bucket.
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See more.
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Some more water coming.
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Nice, sir.
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Engine 6, and station 6.
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(number withheld) Apple Street.
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Medical assistance request.
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Cross streets are slate dry.
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The rush to the loader and overall tiles blood loader.
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We'll send one over there whenever you get on the tree, though.
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We'll be in there.
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We're out of water.
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We're out of water.
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One two, four, three, one, six.
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Engine 11, and ladder seven, (number withheld) Harris Street, fire alarm, cross streets are Moody Street and Piertree Lane, Tau Alpha 4.
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She warns all six.
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We may have to get that dozer to come across the pond down.
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I'm walking up here to get your access.
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We are going to be on this side just do.
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We have several large snags on the head of the black.
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They'll probably need to take care of and I'm not going to have these shoes later on.
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Yeah, good copy on that.
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That's our plan.
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I had hopes of getting him on the other side, but there's no way he's going to be able to get in there.
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It's way too wet.
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We're going to try.
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We've got Mr.
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(name withheld) up front in the chase truck.
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We're going to try to get him across the dam.
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And hopefully there'll be a gate, no fence,
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and we can get him over there to other side and work on some of those snags and also push a little line in there just between the field and the finger of that wet drain.
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There's a fence here.
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I've got my brush or I can, but I've been to a closer gate.
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I'm coming to open it now.
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You can walk across that.
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It is a road there.
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I'll come across it.
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If we get even over here, we'll be pretty good on this side.
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God bless you.
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Thank you, sir.
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Cobb Rd, North Carolina
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