Large grass fire contained near visitor center in York County, York County SC
WildfireEmergency crews responded to a large grass and brush fire near the visitor center and a statue in York County, South Carolina. Multiple teams worked together to contain the fire, using brush trucks and tankers on all sides. An 81-year-old man was injured during the incident. The fire was brought under control with ongoing monitoring for hot spots.
Audio|Source: York County Fire and EMS
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Transcript:
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Stand by. Command south side, command north side.
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What are your conditions?
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Ah,
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you good.
00:10
Do you repeat that?
00:14
Go ahead and cut the pressure.
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And, force.
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Visitor Center.
00:22
It's going to be an 81-year-old male, (name withheld) hit his head, nose and foreheads are bleeding not controlled at this time.
00:31
He's going to be located near the Ferguson statue.
00:34
Park Ranger is on the way as well.
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Right now.
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Man,
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show your Grass One assignment complete.
00:45
York Grass One assignment complete.
00:49
Same traffic for McConnell's Tinker 1.
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Tunker 3 and Grass 3 are still.
00:56
McConnell's Tinker 1 is sounded complete.
01:02
Anyland brush one north side.
01:04
Is that y'all on top of the hill?
01:06
Yes, sir.
01:09
Reed, come on down midways of that hill.
01:11
We got heavy fire.
01:12
You see two guys coming to you back towards some houses.
01:17
That Rock Hill was saying is getting pretty bad back there.
01:19
I know we got the fire break, but if we can start hitting that, just to control it with this wind.
01:27
All right, we see.
01:28
We're about stretch on.
01:31
Okay, I'll work on getting that hose.
01:33
We left on the bottom side.
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Up, y'all.
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And the Indian Battalion 1.
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Are you still at that house?
01:45
Man, I'm heading back here now.
01:48
Alright, I'm going to have a brush truck while you out there also.
01:50
Use them at your disposal.
01:55
Command,
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if that has a tanker two.
02:01
Go ahead.
02:04
I just got done filling up at the train center.
02:07
Do you need to return to the scene earlier I may be able to clear?
02:12
If you will return back to the scene,
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uh,
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just momentary McConnell's is leaving to fill up, and as soon as the plow gets here,
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I'm going to start clearing people, more people up.
02:29
Temple.
02:31
Clark, you show for those of the Tanger 2, back and right up to the receipt.
02:37
Copy.
02:39
You can relocate over there.
02:41
I think we have enough manpower here.
02:43
We're pretty much got to contain.
02:47
Command, any other time you want to stand by for that proof of brush truck to follow you over there.
02:54
Pardon my way to the top of road.
03:00
In your land brush one.
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Send some contact out here. Help me grab this host.
03:08
Command, south side.
03:15
71, C651's coming up behind you.
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Command the North Side Division.
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I have fresh crews here standing by.
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What do you need over there, crew on us? And brush one.
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Come around four mill brush truck.
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Go down to the bottom of the hills, get that hose loaded up on the truck, and then we'll carry it back up, then there's sent some dragon.
03:43
On the way.
03:48
Copy, here it comes.
03:53
Rock Hill engine 3, priority team in power lift, 2531, Sandy Ridge Run, type 15.
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EMS 8, priority 1 stroke, 1900 Molley Circle, Tack 11.
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Command, South Side.
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Go ahead, South Side.
04:21
Lastly, brush truck is exiting the south side division.
04:26
He's out of water. You can get them refield.
04:32
Copy. That's south side division.
04:36
Copy. We still have pymable grass truck and still create grass truck up here right now.
04:42
I still have another grass truck and station that's full.
04:44
Do you need that number? You want to be staying by for that one.
04:48
Yeah, send me another one.
04:49
I need to get Steel Creek in the rehab.
04:52
Copy. Command of Ben, Wake, Grass.
04:55
Report the Southside Division to replace Steel Creek's brush truck.
05:00
State.
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En route.
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En route.
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Waterpoint from Ruby 12.
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Hill on the north side.
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What company are you?
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Command, Forest Street.
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Riverview Brush One, Northside Division.
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The hill taker ones come out on the access road.
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Riverview Brush Truck, Northside Division.
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Northside Division, Enolampton.
05:55
They're calling, Command.
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Command, it's the Northside Division.
06:00
Four Mill Brush One is out of water.
06:02
They're par two.
06:03
They're going to be heading out.
06:06
Copy. Four most grass trucks are heading out.
06:11
Keep on a coat.
06:13
NLem Brush One. You want us back on the wrist.
06:16
Do you can just arrive on the U-M to command post.
06:22
Yeah, send a bit here, I'll have a look for the time.
06:29
It's as far back as we can with all the hose we got and see if we can get a big knock on the vulgar that fire of the Rock Hill State.
06:36
Ladder 2 to command?
06:39
Good.
06:42
Go ahead. Go for ladder 2.
06:48
Not you in a calling command.
06:52
17.
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Two. Two.
07:01
Man, in England, pay one.
07:04
Got you.
07:06
I'm up here just residents.
07:08
The fire that they're talking about is still inside the firebreak.
07:10
I'm going to have a rescue riversized truck.
07:13
They're going to spray it down and keep some double the firebreak right here.
07:18
Topic.
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The Titan 1 north side.
07:24
Oh yeah.
07:26
Hey, Riverside is probably going to be closer than us stretching a bunch of hoes through the wood gore at, so we're just going to hold steady out here.
07:34
We're probably still 10 foot from this firebreak right here, but I'm going to go ahead and get them to weather down, so we'll take a chance to jump at.
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Okay.
07:45
And you'll Andrews, you're probably one to come in.
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assignment complete.
07:51
If you would send that out so everybody to hear it and not be going.
07:55
Thank you, ma'am.
07:57
Copy.
08:02
E. Land engine two portable on the command.
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Enter two on things.
08:10
Pull somewhere out of the way.
08:13
I just want to apply.
08:14
I guess there's got room.
08:19
I'll tell you.
08:22
Let's see.
08:24
The Dozer is probably within 100 yards of us.
08:26
They're cutting this firebreak again.
08:28
We're going to let them continue on cutting it and then we're going to wet it down.
08:32
Okay. I got five to six personnel headed back there just to look around, make sure we don't see any other dangers.
08:41
I've got four right here with me now.
08:45
Okay.
08:47
Any land. You're two-partable one, the chief hunting cut.
08:51
Go ahead.
08:53
They send us over here to the south side, but it's contained and on the control with a pretty good break.
08:57
Do you need us to relocate to the north side?
09:01
No, honestly,
09:02
since they have this break going on, we're good with the manpower and brush trucks we have.
09:06
All we're doing is just hitting little, little hot spots, and they're going to do some recon back in there in the black to make sure nothing is going to go crazy if this wind picks up.
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