Permitted outdoor burn near elementary school causes smoke, Lakeland FL
Fire & ArsonA legal outdoor burn near Covey Elementary School produces smoke that prevents children from going outside. The burn is permitted and meets regulations, according to forestry officials. The school reported the smoke issue, but the fire is allowed.
Audio|Source: Polk County Fire Rescue, Fire and EMS
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Transcript:
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Engine 39, brush 28, battalion 3, outside fire at Covey Elementary, near Morgan Combee Rd, select TAC 8, L units, TAC 8, 907.
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8,
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202?
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Patient contact. Could you please dispatch, Lakeland, please, for manpower?
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Copy the traffic. Dispatch Lakeland for Manpower.
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Question four, I'll have your responding. It's this is going to be 2.
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The 293.
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The Science 3.
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It's 2nd3.
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Tiny 3. The 293. The 293.
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Tech Channel for an outside fire.
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It's going to be on Tech 8.
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Copy, thank you.
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Borski, 23.
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I could go ahead.
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The call came in from the school at Covey Elementary. They're advising that somebody continuously burns at the intersection and they are saying that the children can't go outside due to the smoke.
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They gave Morgan Combee and Fish Hatchery.
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Okay. Okay.
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39, 23.
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Go ahead.
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They're added yesterday too.
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They have a burn permit. They got a number of forestry, so it's permitted.
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So I don't know what we're going to do about it.
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Yeah, they got a permit and everything is within the setbacks and all. We just have to let them burn. Maybe make contact with the school,
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letting them know what the situation is.
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Copy, I'll do that.
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Break dispatch, you can't go ahead and cancel that brush truck.
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10-4, brush 28. You copy direct, you can terminate.
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Near Morgan Combee Rd, Lakeland, FL 33801
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