Brush fire reported near Eastbank Esplanade and Alder St, Portland OR


A brush fire was reported near Eastbank Esplanade and Alder Street. The fire is located between the esplanade and the river. Fire crews are responding using ground crews and a fireboat due to limited access from land.
Audio|Source: Portland Area Fire and Rescue
03:50
Transcript:
00:00
Dispatch, engine 13.
00:02
Engine 13, stand by for topout. Engine 21 reports the vote brush fire.
00:07
East Wing Esplanade near Alder Street, Southeast East Bank Esplanade, between there and the river. Respond on Ops 1, timeout 1609, stand by for additional dispatch.
00:23
Opt 1, inch of 13.
00:27
Yeah,
00:30
dispatcher just tapped out a grassfire on the East Bay counts.
00:34
Esplod, about Alder, can you put us on that?
00:39
Go ahead you took.
00:41
And do you know if they tapped out the utility 21?
00:46
The engine 21.
00:50
Okay, well you give them a heads up to bring the utility down the bike path.
00:55
They can't get to it any other way.
00:58
I-5 South or the bike path is going to be the way.
01:06
1912, Friday 6 alpha for a transfer at Cure Center East,
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01:14
Respond on Ops 1,
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91312, party 6 alpha for a transfer at Cure Center East, number withheld Northeast Widelisheidstreet number withheld, respond on Ops 1, turn out 16-10.
01:29
No one, go ahead.
01:32
That fire you just have to have to 21 on from across the water. It's going to be the best access probably with their fireboat from the water.
01:43
These are you want to copy.
01:49
Bravo 402, Friday 6 alpha abdominal pain, sunshine metal apartments, 136-13 Southeast Division Street, number withheld, respond on Ops 1.
02:00
Bravo 402, Parties 6 alpha abdominal pain at the Sunshine Meadow Apartments, number withheld Southeast Division Street, number withheld, respond on Ops 1, 10-Op 1611, standby for additional dispatch.
02:16
Oh, Engine 21 copies,
02:19
just confirming that they've got good eyes on it.
02:24
Engine 1, are you still in Off 1?
02:27
Yeah, Engine 21 from Engine 1. Best access to me from the water, it's in the grassy area between the water and the esplanade. I don't think you're going to have enough water with the utility.
02:41
Engine 21 copy.
02:43
Can you show Fireboat 21 responding instead of utility 21?
02:47
Fireboat,
02:49
1612.
02:52
Thanks, engine one. Yeah, we're here.
02:54
I concur with that.
03:00
1319, 1612.
03:06
Engine 13 from Fireboat 21. Are you guys on the same call with us? Yeah,
03:13
we were. We came down to water to see if we can access it. We can't. It's between I-5 and the water right there.
03:24
Fairboat 21, copy.
03:30
About 21 from engine 13.
03:34
21, go ahead.
03:38
We really don't have good access for this. We're going to drop off for now.
03:41
Keep it suppressed. We'll add to it if you use again.
03:48
All right, about 21 copies.
03:49
Thanks for trying.
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Location mentioned:
Eastbank Esplanade, SE Salmon St, Portland, OR 97214
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