Teenagers reported lighting backpack on fire near Orange Ave, Fort Meade FL
Fire & ArsonA report was made about 8 to 10 teenagers who may have lit a backpack on fire near Orange Avenue North, Fort Meade. The teenagers then took the burning backpack with them. Fire crews responded and found no visible smoke or fire at a nearby single-story house. Further investigation revealed the teenagers were playing in a nearby corner lot and had not actually started a fire.
Audio|Source: Polk County Fire Rescue, Fire and EMS
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Transcript:
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Outside fire, engine 7661, battalion 7, place of battalion 6, brush 28, 2.9, Orange Avenue North, Fort Meade, Tack 8, Tack 8, 2115.
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Orange Avenue North, Fort Meade
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Seven ever addition.
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Break the Italian, 7.
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And Ralph.
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Okay.
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And 17, now the show's complete.
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Complete,
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21, 15. I guess.
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Complete, 21, 15.
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Complete, 21, 15.
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Is thatchamedic 16.
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The one patient?
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Responding to Hornford is 2116.
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Flashamedic 16.
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Complete 2116.
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Especially selling seven.
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Hi, seven, guys.
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Yes, sir. Be advised and reference updates.
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Callers reporting a group about eight to ten teenagers.
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Advise that they possibly lit a backpack on fire.
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Advise the teenagers pick up the item that was on fire and took it with them.
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I copy. We'll have the engine to continue just to confirm.
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I copy. It's one on something.
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Copy, what rumor are we in to?
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Okay,
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17, 19,
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you can cancel.
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This is a public assist.
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Copy, we can cancel public assist.
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Copy, complete. 2117.
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Check up with them. Through dispatch, I'll be responding.
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After responding to that, my traditional, 2118.
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Change the 37, Resc 37. What's your location?
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Right here. Right here.
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2.20, destination.
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Destination, 2120.
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20. Is it over by you?
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Rescue 37
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T29
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Destination
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Destination 2121 21.
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District 339, or time to play.
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We can play 20201.
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Three-round-based contact.
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Page Contact, 2120.
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Engine 7662 dispatch. Injun 762.
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Injun 762.
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You can show me on scene.
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Um,
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no smoke at this time I got a single story residential home.
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No smoke, no fire. At this time I'm going to do a 360 investigate.
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Take out the on scene. No smoke, no fire, single story, residential.
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Stepping out to investigate, 21, 24.
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All right, see, time. Excellent.
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On patient, 2026. I'm patient, 2024.
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The call-taker step out and give the description,
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just is there's no obvious smoke with flames in the area so they can notify the crew on soon where they were flexing my app.
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2125.
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I got the standby. 762 dispatch.
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Yeah, 762.
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I just spoke with the caller. They're advising that some teenagers were messing around in a corner lot over here, and it's not like they lit something on fire, so I'm going to investigate right across the street where they're referring to.
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S Orange Ave, Fort Meade, FL 33841
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