Crews battle brush fire with heavy smoke in Lee County
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Copy 44, can you just pull up and have brush 63 pull behind you?
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Myself and brush 44 are going to try to get out of here, but we need to turn around.
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Pull up maybe 10 to 15 feet, all three units.
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I just need to see if the smoke will clear right here.
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Brush 24, south trail.
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Can you guys speed up a little bit?
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Copy.
00:22
Battalion 50, brush 24.
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Go ahead.
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Are you good?
00:31
Yeah, I'm good, thank you.
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I wish we could, thank you, gentlemen.
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Battalion 50 operations.
00:40
Go ahead, sir.
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I have no call here.
00:45
Brush 48 made entry way early from.
00:48
I got a closest spot where you guys are at right now.
00:53
They'll be able to move to the side once they see you, but I'm going to have them start working their way back there.
01:00
Copy myself on 44 almost out.
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Also, smoke conditions are preventing Brush 44 right now from leaving the fire protection.
01:10
They can't, they have zero visibility out here.
01:14
Copy. Brush 44 operation.
01:18
Are
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you guys good? Are you guys safe? Do you need us to send a truck there to help you get out?
01:29
Negative, we're making our way out.
01:31
We'll be out in 1 min .
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Copy message, sir.
01:34
You're getting a way out.
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44, go ahead.
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45, I think it was calling 24.
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Rush 23, operations.
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You're good to go in.
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Unit 48, roll in.
01:50
Rush 20, do you copy?
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Rush 24, safety.
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Brush 24, safety.
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Brush 63, safety.
02:03
Brush 63, operations, do you have traffic?
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10-4, 63, this is safety, you have a park.
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Six three, six.
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Police control, command.
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Police control, command.
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Go ahead.
02:27
Command, call for service.
02:30
Their fixed-wing is currently doing recon flights above the fire or around the fire, and their helicopter is getting ready to take off from Page Field to assist.
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02:40
Copy that. I've been in contact with 5th wing.
02:43
It's Clewiston, Hatchie 54, and their supervisor's on scene also.
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Just so you know, I just did a face to face with him.
02:52
He is requesting two more units.
02:57
The 5th wing has spotted another fire, two and a half acres in growing to the east of this fire.
03:02
Unaccessible at this time.
03:05
Copy that. Force requesting two additional
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dozers.
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