Brush fire near Sand Hill Road with downed power lines, Howard County MD
Fire & ArsonFire crews responded to a brush fire near the Sand Hill Road entrance in Howard County, Maryland. The fire affected about a quarter acre of grass and involved downed live power lines between utility poles. Crews requested the power company to secure the lines before extinguishing the fire.
Audio|Source: Howard County Fire Dispatch
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Transcript:
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3-1s in the area.
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Sir.
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Anchor 3-4 to Howard.
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Add me to the crest long, brush call.
00:15
Banker 3-4, okay.
00:21
2.3A is in route.
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T3A, 1439.
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Enlist, Battalion 3 is on location.
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31, it's going to be the entrance closest to Sandhill Road.
00:45
It's... Three ones, all right.
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Battalion 3 to Howard, I'll have the command.
00:56
Got maybe a quarter acre of grass on fire.
01:01
Tariard's okay?
01:04
Theron 3-4 to engine 3-1
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Tarrant's okay.
01:15
Howard, do Peril, Howard tells? Um, sirs.
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Towers, well, many thanks, 1439.
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Press 3-8, the command.
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Go ahead, brush 3-8.
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Okay, live power lines down.
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Whoever has the water can see it close to him.
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It's from pole to pole to my left.
01:43
Copy live power lines down.
01:46
Command of HardWrest, requesting VG Electrical.
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Battalion 3A, you direct on the power lines.
02:01
Fire to Command, we're direct on BGE.
02:03
All incoming units, be advised.
02:05
The brush fire is closer to the Sand Hill Road entrance.
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EMS1 is in service.
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EMS1 ready, 14.1.
02:17
It's an 8-2-1.
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You've created command.
02:27
Guys, you create.
02:28
There's one brush truck going to be enough.
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I can swing by and get the second one if you need it.
02:34
Yeah, one will be fine.
02:39
Okay.
02:44
I imagine 3-1.
02:46
3-1, go ahead.
02:52
What should look like on the other side of the hill?
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We've got a small amount of fire still on fire.
03:01
It's making its way into that tree line close to the house.
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We're trying to get around it now.
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Unfortunately, we have wires down from our side.
03:09
We might need an engine to try to come back from Sand Hill Road by the structure, the residential structure.
03:17
Get that's access to it.
03:20
Okay, 82. Can you back up and take the other entrance?
03:27
All right, the permit 25.
03:34
We were able to get around and we've got water on the side.
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We should be able to do with you.
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So,
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front three,
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and the tanker.
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I copy I'm all the way to you now.
03:52
And Howard, we're going to hold with the units on the C&L that's going to go available, and we're still going to need BGD to control the power before we're going to extinguish the rest of the fire.
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Hard is okay, holding units on scene.
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Sand Hill Rd, West Friendship, MD
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