Massive structural fire sparks grass blaze, evacuations near Terre Haute, Terre Haute IN
Fire & ArsonFire crews battled a large structural blaze in Vigo County with water supplies fortified, sparking a grass fire that advanced toward woods, with voluntary evacuations advised nearby.
Audio|Source: Terre Haute Public Safety and Vigo County Fire
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Transcript:
00:00
Secondary water supplies established.
00:09
Widerate, if you can assist in protecting this exposure, that's what I need you to do.
00:21
All units operating on the fireground, repeat.
00:25
Maintain a collapse zone of the main fire building.
00:29
Maintain a collapse zone.
00:31
Thank you, copy.
00:33
Sevens, copy.
00:35
Sevens, underwater supply, two, later eight.
00:42
Central 32.
00:53
Go on, Gary.
00:54
Can I get a case number, please?
01:00
LadderA's got water on fire as well.
01:04
Case number 24-44.
01:15
Engine 82, Rescue 81, Transcare Ambulance, 10,000, 624 East Boring Avenue, breathing difficulty.
01:26
Engine 82, Rescue 81, Transcare Ambulance, near East Boring Avenue, breathing difficulty.
01:41
Ratter 5, use those lines to wet this trailer down.
01:49
Use your left master's stream to wet this trailer down to prevent it from igniting.
01:55
Sentry 2429, 1041.
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29. 29.
02:04
Send to Rescue 81 and out.
02:07
Clear.
02:12
Central has Duke been contacted?
02:16
Affirmative.
02:20
Engine 2, Engine 9.
02:24
We're getting ready to fortify Engine 6's water supply, so I'll be able to get you more water for the second RAM.
02:34
Okay.
02:37
There's debris falling near air power lines connected to the building.
02:44
Copy, affirmative.
02:46
We contacted them at the beginning of the call.
02:48
Just information reference residents in the area.
02:51
Residents in the area.
02:52
I've got Car 51 getting that information.
02:54
He's going to advise.
02:57
The latter five, Ariel,
03:00
Let me know if the roof condition looks bad on that one story.
03:06
I have guys to the delta side or delta direction of this semi loading dock.
03:15
24.
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325, 314, signal 37.
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Central, 94, 45 is 1041.
03:25
There's some difference from the Delta outside, Cian.
03:29
A.A.
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25.
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314.
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Charter to Reese.
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State 14.
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Go for Reese.
03:42
You should have 10A, parts from predate separated.
03:45
Charge to the hydrant.
03:48
I'm just going to...
03:49
You're charging hydrant.
03:55
Safety from command.
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Go ahead.
04:02
Watch your location.
04:04
Delta side.
04:10
Okay, I've assigned Engine 7 Captain Charlie Sector Safety.
04:16
He's going to watch roof conditions in the area we're trying to protect.
04:22
Continue to maintain collapse zone distance in your area.
04:26
Copy that.
04:29
As far as the grass fire,
04:32
if the tracks want to stop it or is it going to jump the tracks?
04:36
It always jumps the tracks.
04:38
It's reaching the woods edge now.
04:42
Dispatch,
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63 Command.
04:45
Jack, Red Road Command.
04:48
Go on.
04:53
Certainly can help us out with a spreading grass fire.
04:57
There was an exposure from this fire.
05:00
Clear.
05:05
Tadion 2 from Car 51.
05:08
Go ahead.
05:13
I had a call from dispatch wanting to know if we need to do any evacuation of the neighborhood behind it.
05:20
They're receiving multiple calls.
05:27
If they receive calls, they can voluntarily evacuate if they have respiratory issues.
05:37
I'm not going to do a mandatory evacuation at this time.
05:41
Dispatch Car 51 on Ops.
05:44
Go ahead. We were clear on the Cinesh traffic.
05:47
Clear, thank you.
05:49
That is all.
05:52
3.7.318. Information, reference, residence, evacuation questions.
05:57
Evacuation questions.
05:59
Voluntarily, people can evacuate.
06:02
If they choose, no mandatory evacuation at this time.
06:08
Third, water supplies established.
06:13
Sir Resson is clear.
06:22
Medic 9 Station 9-1.
06:25
Respond with units on current incident.
06:28
Respond on Fire 12 Gheriton Road.
06:33
Coversial Fire.
06:34
Medic 9, Station 91.
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Respond with units on current incident.
06:39
Respond on Fireground 1.
06:42
2612, Greryton Road.
06:45
Coversial Fire.
06:46
The Guardian 2, Station 91.
06:52
Additional information: Honey Creek Fire Department coming to assist with brush fire.
06:58
They're starting to help with the brush fire.
07:02
Command, go ahead.
07:05
What are you requesting from Station 91?
07:08
You're going to send coffee.
07:10
You might want to notify Turner and Crumbar intersection has a water flying stretch across it.
07:20
Central 32.
07:21
I'll be 10-8[1] with the report.
07:23
32.
07:25
Bring a tank in your brush truck.
07:28
We have a grass fire that started as an exposure.
07:32
Do you guys manage that on Fireground 2?
07:37
You'll be grass fire group.
07:40
They won't be able to go past Crumbar going west on Turner clear on tanker 91 and brush truck.
07:54
Before we want tonight take you down too.
07:58
Yeah, for him. I was just putting a quick note in it.
08:00
I'm good to go.
08:02
If you can have them come off at Prairie 10 and Margaret, it would be easier to access this brush fire.
08:12
Man, it's here.
08:13
Can we get a light for these guys working inside cutting their wall out for more visibility support? They'll get a lot of touch.
08:22
Phone copy.
08:24
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Police codes explained
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10-8: In service and available for calls.
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