Large grass fire near Highway 412 threatens homes
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Major County Fire
08:43
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00:00
That gate over there by the highway's open.
00:02
If you can come out here.
00:09
Greenwood truck five, command 47.
00:13
Command 47, go ahead, Greenwood truck five.
00:17
Can you send the brush truck when you get here to the east side of these spot fires so I have some backup, please?
00:28
Rescue 16, 97, we're coming up on the east side now.
00:35
Okay. What's going on, 16?
00:38
You can get in too.
00:45
Rescue 6 to Fairview Fire, we're going to need some engines.
00:47
We have some houses that are pretty close getting threatened right now.
00:55
Command 47, the major county, can you page out Fairview and see if we got anybody that can respond with firefighter 32 and engine 2, please?
01:06
What is clear.
01:09
In the command 47, this is a trailer full of hay bales on fire.
01:16
Copy that. I got a district one water tanker headed your way for water.
01:23
I'm trying to get a Perry engine two headed that way as well.
01:28
Copy that.
01:45
Second page out for Fairview Fire Department.
01:48
Volunteers respond to station to respond to multiple fires 2 mi east of Cleo Springs on 412.
02:05
Bring with truck 7 to IC.
02:07
Where do you want us?
02:13
Command 47, Major County.
02:18
Go ahead.
02:20
Go ahead and ask for Alfalfa County Task Force, please.
02:23
We're going to need it.
02:28
Confirming
02:29
Major County Task Force.
02:35
Alfalfa County Task Force.
02:44
Yeah.
02:51
Well, it's clear.
02:55
Tanker two is down here by the hay bale.
03:05
Go ahead, two, going on that alley.
03:10
Very good.
03:14
Two or six to high seat.
03:20
Hey, you're back up.
03:26
206 to Kilo IC.
03:33
Command 47, Truck 5,
03:36
I'm about a mile out from the fire.
03:39
Let's clear.
03:40
If you guys will focus on the west side, I think Prairie and I can knock out this east one real quick.
03:48
206 to Truck 5.
03:52
Do we have anybody on the north side?
03:58
North side in the spill right now.
04:02
Copy that. I just got a report that it could be heading north pretty good.
04:11
10-5, ring with 10-5.
04:15
Go ahead.
04:19
Mile out, where do you want?
04:23
You can handle cars on the east side and then we'll worry about the other side if you don't, there's houses over here.
04:30
Copy that, we'll hop on the east side.
04:35
Rush 14, Orient tanker one.
04:43
Command 47, major county, I'll be on scene.
04:45
Command 47, truck five.
04:56
Hey, command 47. Command
05:01
47 to truck 5, you want me to assume command? I'm on scene.
05:07
Yes, please.
05:09
Copy that. Command 47, major county.
05:12
Command 47, be in command.
05:14
It looks like we got several fires running north off highway 412, probably 100 plus acres on fire right now.
05:24
This is from.
05:25
What is this?
05:29
Yeah, I'm trying to find the county sheriff's office.
05:34
What is this?
05:38
Brush 16, come in.
05:42
Clear, brush 16, come in, 47.
05:48
We're starting to work back south.
05:50
We're just north of the hay trailer that's on fire.
05:53
The fire is already up into these trees.
05:56
Got to get in on cornfield.
05:58
We can't get around to it.
06:00
We're trying to get knocked down right now.
06:03
Okay, well, I don't think we're going to send you Mina just yet.
06:07
He's off the county road to go over there to that 1st fire.
06:10
And you guys just get out there, what you can do in there.
06:12
You still got water?
06:19
You know, go ahead and go help them on the west side.
06:21
I got this type of stuff.
06:24
I got a couple tractors with disc going.
06:26
You want to get in there and try to disc a break line along this half mile line, guys, along this transmission line.
06:35
2047 Fairview EMS on north side watching the fire.
06:45
Greenwood truck five, come in.
06:55
Command, we got farmers out here in the field and we can't see them.
06:58
We're about to hit them.
07:19
How many is your county? You know, truck seven's on scene.
07:25
What is clear, truck seven?
07:28
Command 47, oh yeah, so I'm gonna have a trouble assist and a full dry tractor with disc.
07:34
They're gonna try to disc a fire break along this half mile line on the south side of it.
07:44
Ringwood truck five, 347.
07:48
347, go ahead, Ringwood truck five.
07:51
So this east side, forward progression stop, mini brush piles burning and along the highway burning.
08:04
Copy that. Truck five, did you make it all the way to the head of the fire along at East Point?
08:12
Still working the spot fires on the east side of the county road away from the main fire.
08:18
Okay, you're on that.
08:20
That spot fire that Mina went through just a little bit ago?
08:24
Yes, sir.
08:29
Copy that. What's that black smoke I see coming off of that? Is it just in the black? Something burning?
08:36
There's multiple brush piles here burning.
08:39
Everything else is stopped up.
08:42
Copy that.
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