Firefighters combat large structure fire near Falls Road, Manchester MD
Fire & ArsonFirefighters responded to a large structure fire near Falls Road. They used a nearby pond as a water supply and coordinated fire suppression efforts. No signs of arson or crime were found.
Audio|Source: Carroll County Fire and EMS - Digital
07:22
Transcript:
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Command the Chief 3-1.
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Go, come in.
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One, you direct your side, Charlie, now,
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and can you give us back?
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Direct on side, Charlie.
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Truck's making a good knockdown.
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We have one line with two crews back here, sweeping soft.
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Q2 to utility too.
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Go ahead.
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Is that you in the driveway on the south side?
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That's correct.
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Do me a favor, drive down that driveway and see if there's a fairly large pond down there that we might be able to use.
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Okay, copy.
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How many one, can you charge the deuce and a half?
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Water comp.
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Command that Chief 2, access is pretty cut off of that pond, but you want to have them check.
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And Chief 2, is there somebody that can take water on the south cuts?
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That's correct. I'm trying to coordinate that now.
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I think we got a pond behind here to
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down the next driveway now.
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Utility 2 is checking it out for feasibility.
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Okay, there's a lot of fencing around it, if I remember right.
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I'm not sure if they'll be able to get on the backside or not over it.
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Okay,
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I'm just going to make you water supply,
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everything on this side supply from the pond.
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I'm sending all the tankers that were on this side around to Europe.
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Just for your tracking, I got 446, 454, and both engines at 85 on my side.
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Okay, and you should have some other...
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...operator command.
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Hensin 51,
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52, both thousand gallons and tanker 47.
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Are going to turn around hedges outside.
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Okay, very well.
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Baltimore County engine 60s arrived at Miller's Trigg.
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We're getting set up now if needed.
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Hi, Charlie, the truck two.
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Hi, Charlie, the truck two.
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Good.
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Looks like most of the fire that you aren't reaching is burning up towards the peak and down towards the gutters.
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Are you able to drop the ladder a little bit and point the stream more up?
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Alpha, Italian, one of one.
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Good.
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Keep on the opposite side.
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Your safety, right?
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One of one.
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Command, a special unit 6.
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If you could head to King Street Farm as well, give engine 6 be a hand.
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And, Carol, you can put York 112 in service.
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Carol, your agent 112 copies.
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Engine 112 in service, 22, 23.
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Carol, 2 Falls Road, Command, you are 45 minutes into your incident.
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Command of medics have a non.
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Good.
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G set up for rehab.
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We are currently completing engine 71's engine proof.
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Okay, very well.
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Southside water to command.
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Stand by Carol, add another medic unit for the coal.
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Amulst is fine.
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Southside water hill.
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I've got tower 3 on the south side.
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Are we supposed to be trying to get them up to you to fill an operation?
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Do we have order to sustain that?
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Everything on this side is going to be given the truck to.
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I'm not sure if you're going to have enough of a supply down there or if they're even going to have a position to do anything when you're in.
04:58
Copy right now with the equipment placement,
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they can't get up to the scene.
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Do you want to just have the crew up with you?
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Yeah, if you want to have their group,
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meet Sight Charlie G-3-1, you can utilize them.
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Fox alarm 7-5, medic-49 alert for the bar fire, 3650 Falls Road between Poplarun Run Road and Hoffmanville Road,
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Alpha 7, 2225.
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Unit 6 is a rise at Miller's tree plant.
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321-2-2-AIRIL.
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2-1, the truck 2-2 aerial.
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Guys.
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I need you to make every effort to work back and forth to the backside the farthest away from your operating.
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The roof's still intact and a good part of that.
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And you're going to try to see if you can get up underneath of it to put the rest of that fire out.
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He may have to lower the aerial thumbs so you can get up underneath of that.
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And then work that entire, there you go, you're hitting there.
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So keep working that back at force.
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Now three.
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Intent tanker 9.
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4 is a rod space for 2.
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Shout out 4.
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22, 22.
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Charlie here to command.
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Next crew down, can they bring some lights beside Charlie please?
06:36
Okay. You got any tower 3 there yet?
06:42
That's correct, I'll have him get them.
06:45
Okay, and can you tell me what units do you have operating on your side?
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Truck 2 to sign Charlie.
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I'm going to lower truck 2 to get a better angle.
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So you may want to have whoever's back there, get out of the way.
07:04
Side Charlie got side charlotte command right now I only have tower three operating I think the other crews move to side Delta
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And to all units on the fireground all units on the fireground you can drop your packs be operating exterior
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Near Falls Rd, Manchester, MD 21102
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