Grass fire reported near power lines on 14th Avenue


Fire crews are responding to a grass fire near 14th Avenue in Sacramento. Power lines nearby may be affected. Additional fire engines and utility support have been requested. Crews plan to protect property by staging near a hydrant and preparing to deploy hoses if the fire spreads.
Audio|Source: Sacramento Regional Fire and EMS
03:42
Transcript:
Command engine 10, I think just one additional engine to support us for water supply will be good. Command copy. We're going to need one additional engine, and the power lines to the south appear to be (name withheld), 60KV. I'm not sure what they are, who they belong to north of 14-0. The power lines for the south appear to be (name withheld) requesting one additional engine. 14th Avenue command. Do you have an engine type? It's going to be a type 1. Copy type 1. Nobody's on the fire ground. There's command. Just be aware that these appear to be 60KV power lines. Not sure if this is a new issue or an old issue. We've requested (name withheld) respond and we have one additional engine responding. Engine 54[1], Grass Fire[2], District, 6851. 14th Avenue, engine 54, operations B6. Ikelaid, District 7, 8432, Dartford Drive, Medics 7, Engine 7, Operations B3. 13th Avenue Command Fire to touch. It's not the EPA 915. Mangalis. Engine tank command. I see we have a hydrant out on Ramona. Do you have any private hydrants in your area? We have engine 54 responding. Yeah, just the hydrants on Ramona. There's nothing in this lot. Copy that. You want us to have them stage at the hydrant? And how far of a lead does that appear to be? About a thousand feet. Copy that. So them staging at the hydrant and prepared to lead in. You guys could back stretch from your engine as a good plan? Yeah. Copy. Engine 5-4 commands, you copied that. John P-4-4. Yeah, Engine 5-4, we're going to have you respond in to Ramona. You're going to stage Atahydrant and prepare to lead engine 10 if we have anything ignite in that yard. The lead you're going to prepare to do is about a thousand feet. We'll only have you deploy that if needed. We're going to let this wood pile burn.
Police codes explained
The following codes appeared in the transcript and are explained below:
[1]
Engine 54: Fire apparatus response
[2]
Grass Fire: Wildfire
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Location mentioned:
14th Ave, Sacramento, CA
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