Smoke reported near County Rd 24 after control burn, Cherokee County AL
WildfireFire personnel were dispatched to check near County Road 24 for smoke after a motorist reported a possible fire outside the original control burn area. They verified if the fire had spread beyond the burned area or fire breaks to ensure it remained contained.
Audio|Source: Cherokee County Police, Fire and EMS Dispatch
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Transcript:
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Central Dispatch to Station 3.
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Can you ride through the area near County Road 24? That should be where there was a control burn yesterday that Forestry ended up handling.
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I had a motorist passing through.
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Wanted someone to check it.
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Thought it was,
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had jumped the fire break.
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Wanted somebody to check it.
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Central Dispatch 2, Station 3, did you copy page?
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No longer to dispatch.
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What was it? I wasn't close to the radio when it went off.
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10-4[1], had a motorist PX, wanting somebody to ride back through, near County Road 24, where your department was at yesterday on a control burn that got out of hand,
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wanting to make sure that the fire was still contained.
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He advised there was smoke and everything in the area.
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I wanted to make sure it had not jumped the burn or the break that they plowed around it.
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Ten four, I ride by and check it.
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I'm going to go in my truck.
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I'll go by and check it right quick.
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Ten four.
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Dispatch to Mount Weiser.
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Cherokee 11 is bob and he's also headed that way to check it.
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Ten four dispatch.
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I'm headed that way.
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10-4: Acknowledgment (Message received)
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Location mentioned:
County Rd 24, Alabama 36272
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