Firefighters extinguish smoldering burn at Fort Des Moines Park, Des Moines IA
Fire & ArsonFirefighters are extinguishing a smoldering controlled burn at Fort Des Moines Park that was left unattended. They are working to prevent the fire from spreading further.
Audio|Source: Des Moines Fire/EMS
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Transcript:
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Dispatch, Engine 10. If you can just note, it looks like a truck has backed in here and been working back here.
00:05
They've dumped stuff. There's tracks.
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Chainsaws have been cutting this up.
00:07
This has been burning for quite some time.
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Yeah, be that.
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Engine 10, we're ready for water.
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Bolton, ready for water.
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It's best engineton.
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Go ahead. When we came in for shift change, we were made aware that there was a controlled burn at Fort Des Moines Park.
00:20
This might be the same one in the same?
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I would say 100% it is.
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We're going to go ahead and put it out.
00:25
Copy that, thank you.
00:26
There's truck nine to ride.
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Copy truck nine.
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Engine 1, Medic 1, 101 2nd Avenue, 101 2nd Avenue in unit (number withheld) for a breathing problem.
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For response 3 on Channel 2, timeout 2042.
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Engine 1 and Medic 1, you're headed to 101 Second Avenue for a breathing problem.
00:43
It's going to be in Unit (number withheld).
00:44
Patients, a 46-year-old male alert conscious in breathing with some difficulty.
00:48
Since he has a cold and can't catch his breath, he is a paraplegic and weighs approximately 135 pounds.
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Okay, okay.
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Go ahead, Chuck 9.
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We'll be back available.
00:56
This will be a charcoal grill for cooking.
00:58
Copy that. Barbecue.
00:59
Oscar from Bolton.
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Go ahead.
01:01
We're down to about a quarter of a tank.
01:03
Confident, we're just getting the perimeter now.
01:05
This thing's going to smolder all night, so there's nothing controls here.
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We're just trying to keep it from spreading.
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Copy.
01:10
Nossar from Bolton, we're out of water.
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Location mentioned:
Fort Des Moines Park, 7200 SE 5th St, Des Moines, IA 50315
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