Grass fire started by semi truck hot brakes on highway, Lawrence KS
WildfireFire crews responded to a grass fire along highway K-10 in Kansas caused by a semi truck's overheated brake drum. The fire was contained and a minor medical situation involving a child was managed. Authorities searched for the semi truck traveling westbound believed to have started the fire.
Audio|Source: Lawrence Douglas County Fire and Medical
05:24
Transcript:
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I've got a small, probably 20 by 40 fire moving through, small brush.
00:10
1371, she's 1101.
00:16
First 1175 on scene grassfire.
00:24
Special 1775 on scene.
00:27
Had multiple callers with conflicting information, possible grassfire up to two miles east.
00:33
Do you have that under control?
00:40
Yes, sir, we do it.
00:41
This is going to be a total separate incident.
00:43
This is going to be a mile marker 14,
00:45
and you can log this under control.
00:48
Understood.
00:52
Chief 1101, K10 command.
00:53
I'm on scene.
00:54
I'll block traffic from the, coming from the west.
01:11
7-0-1.
01:14
Just be advised, this grassfire started from a brake drum off a semi.
01:20
So it looks like it's probably somewhere westbound.
01:26
So I don't know if there's going to be a semi-trailer might catch fire.
01:32
Understood, you say that semi was westbound?
01:38
The way this is up here in the dirt, the way of the start of the grass, I'm guessing it's going to be westbound.
01:49
Chief 1101 dispatch.
01:52
Chief 1101.
01:55
A semi that has hot brakes caused the grass fire heading westbound on K-10.
02:02
Can you have an officer check westbound, see if they can locate a semi?
02:11
I copy a semi-impossible with hot breaks westbound.
02:14
I'll have a deputy that way say if we can locate.
02:21
Chief 1100-1101 on admin.
02:29
One.
02:31
Key more personnel at your scene.
02:34
The scene you're on.
02:37
Negative, I believe we have enough personnel.
02:40
Looks like our patient number is down to maybe two,
02:44
and we have enough folks on scene for this one.
02:49
Copy.
02:50
I'm on 1590 K-10.
02:53
I'll proceed westbound investigating the semi.
02:58
I'm going to make sure you copied that traffic, thank you.
03:06
Teno4, Chief 1100, C507.
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1405. 1405.
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Teno 4 to Chief 1100 C507.
03:27
Chief 1100.
03:30
And there's a 111.
03:31
I've been each found like (name withheld) Head from 6th Street.
03:34
I'm coming up to Iowa Street.
03:36
There is no semi that's smoking.
03:38
Going west mill.
03:45
You've been from 6th Street to Iowa.
03:50
Correct.
03:53
There's no smoking semi-going west mouth that we've seen.
03:59
Copy, thank you.
04:05
We can turn off timer.
04:09
Turn off timer. Tern off timer.
04:14
Medic,
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fire, K10, command, on safe.
04:22
Medic 5, they're going to be on county fire.
04:26
Okay 5, K10, command, on scene.
04:34
On scene. You're going to have the pediatric patient.
04:41
Pediatric patient.
04:45
297. The command, medic 3, transport.
04:54
Chief 1101 dispatch.
04:59
Chief 1101 will be a certainly K-10 command.
05:04
Chief 1101 has a K-10 command.
05:10
Chief 11-over K-10 command dispatch.
05:14
K-10 command.
05:15
C-10 command.
05:17
Two transporting OPR.
05:22
Mediative transporting OPR.
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