Firefighters use aerial equipment to reach fire on hopper, Memphis TN
Fire & ArsonFirefighters responded to a fire near Chelsea Avenue and Oakwood Street involving a difficult-to-reach fire area on top of a hopper. They used aerial equipment and handlines to access and control the fire.
Audio|Source: Memphis Fire Department
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Transcript:
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19A, it's 23A.
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We let us know before you're turning the water in. I repeat 23.
00:12
We're down here at the bottom of this shoot.
00:15
We let us know before you start putting water on it.
00:19
Okay.
00:25
Jack, if you're gone, come around.
00:33
Hey, go ahead.
00:34
You open up the gauge with a preconnect of you?
00:41
You're going to have to open it up with that wheel right above where you connected it.
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Now make sure you're not opening the main nozzle on the left side.
00:55
The one of our pre-connected is going to be on the right.
01:03
Check, I'm going back down.
01:11
Gino, did you take Chelsea come in?
01:17
Okay.
01:22
This is on the call, near Chelsea Ave at Oakwood Street.
01:27
Talk group to Alpha 80, 146.
01:34
You let you know when you're ready for water, Dino.
01:38
Okay, once they get down to the bottom, we'll be ready.
01:42
Okay.
01:45
Jack, we're out.
01:57
We've got to get an update.
01:59
We've had to raise the aerial to get a handline up on top of one of the hoppers.
02:04
We've just got a small one over the fire and it's hard to reach.
02:08
We're still...
02:11
We'll still have access.
02:12
I'll let you know and see that's what we've got.
02:27
Man, are you receiving me okay?
02:31
Checked healthy command, loud and clear.
02:35
We raised the aerial to get access to on top of a hopper to get a hobber, but still I'll try to get water up to it. It's a hard to reach area.
02:44
I'll keep you posted.
02:48
Check Chelsea Command,
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148.
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Location mentioned:
Near Chelsea Ave, Memphis, TN 38108
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