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Fire crews manage wildfire in Rockbridge County, Rockbridge County VA

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Rockbridge County, VA

Fire and emergency services are responding to a wildfire in Rockbridge County, Virginia. Crews are extending hoses, coordinating with a dozer operator to position equipment, and using blowers to clear leaves along the fire line for containment.

Audio|Source: Rockbridge County Fire and EMS
01:56
Transcript:
00:00
Go ahead. All right.
00:03
Y'all need to pull the booster line about another 25 or 30 feet because that's how much I've got laying on the ground out here.
00:12
Okay. Okay.
00:19
2333, command.
00:23
Go ahead for command.
00:26
We've got the Dozer operator down here at the entrance where you guys went up.
00:31
Any particular place you want him to stage and unload it?
00:37
He's probably going to have to stage and unload it down there on Maple Avenue and come up that gravel drive.
00:43
Let him know that I have Mitchell up here with me who's going to do a walk around the fire and give us assessment of what he thinks needs to happen.
00:52
Okay, do you want him to wait until that's done?
00:59
Speaking with Mitchell, he said that he's gonna walk it and get an assessment of everything is the one-on-one, so just have him stage for right now.
01:07
Okay,
01:10
yeah.
01:11
Firefire, Willie,
01:12
assistant chief, Tim.
01:15
Oh yeah.
01:19
We're gonna need a blower back on this right flank towards the brush truck, blow some leaves back off the line.
01:30
Okay.
01:31
I have two more guys coming in from Rush 9 so they can get one of the blowers up there and stage in and start to work that.
01:43
Chopie, we're down a blower up here.
01:45
I've got all the snags cut as far as I can see.
01:48
We've got two volunteers up here and here's swamping behind me.
01:54
We're gonna keep on trucking up his line.

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