Brush pile burn mistaken for wildfire report

Heard on: Carroll County Public Safety and Galax City Fire / EMS

03:01

00:00

Received a fire report in the area of (number withheld) Orchard View Drive Drive.

00:06

No control burns in the area.

00:12

Medic Four, copy.

00:16

Copy, Medic Four.

00:42

Think I'm 830 and out of station two.

00:48

10-4.

00:55

10-4.

01:10

I'll switch over to Ops 2.

01:13

Correction, Ops 3.

01:20

Switching to Ops 3, 2208.

01:28

01:35

4, KFR on Ops 3.

01:38

Caller advised from his residence, (number withheld) Orchard View Drive, the fire is northwest, is on the Carroll County side.

01:54

Four copies from CCOM.

02:07

Eight 27 800 .

02:11

Go ahead.

02:17

Chief, my neighbor's got three brush piles burning over here.

02:22

That's probably what he's seeing.

02:27

10-4.

02:29

You want to double check on it real quick.

02:31

You advise we'll all cancel.

02:41

Copy. I'm standing here looking at him at this time.

02:45

I don't see anything else around this area burning.

02:49

So I'd say that's what he sees.

02:53

Ten four, thank you, sir.

02:55

See you all if you will.

02:57

So this is a controlled burn, and all kind of fire will be clear.

7/9/2026 07:05 PM

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Orchard View Dr, Ararat, VA 24053

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Brush pile burn mistaken for wildfire report

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