Large brush fire near Charlotte Street with multiple acres burning, Gilbertsville PA
WildfireA large brush and field fire is burning multiple acres near Charlotte Street and Miles Road in Gilbertsville, PA. Wind is pushing the fire toward wooded areas and across Charlotte Street. Fire crews are attempting to establish firebreaks and have requested multiple ATVs and tankers to assist in containment.
Audio|Source: Montgomery County Fire/EMS Dispatch and Digital Fire
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Transcript:
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I need a field please a very nimble field piece of ATV to help us out here.
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I have an area that can get them into that field on the north side.
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Copy that.
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267 you have a copy?
00:15
I'm yes the way you got.
00:18
Have your field unit been down to near Charlotte where my squad is we needed to make access there to get a fire break put in.
00:29
Okay, I don't have a field junior on my engine there?
00:34
Negative, I need something small.
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First-Day TV coming in.
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Whatever we got, Thursday TV, you gotta go down there.
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Anchor down to my squad.
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Tanker, stop.
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Anchor 67, monitor your radio.
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I need you to back out of Miles Road and go down Charlotte Street to Squad 37.
01:05
Okay,
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receive.
01:09
Here to switch to opt one then.
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Danger 67, come on out.
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We got to get blocked.
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Go ahead.
01:22
Engine 67, you're coming to me right here on Miles Road.
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Right after the tankers back and out there, you come to me.
01:30
Engine 67, okay.
01:31
Montgomery, engine 67 on location.
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Okay, and this is 7.
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Engine 37. Stay with our squad, the tankers coming down, work with the FM on that firebreak.
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In 37, the command.
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Engine 37, go ahead.
01:56
Where do you want us?
02:01
Tanker pull right up behind that silver car, bringing the other line.
02:06
Engine 37, near Charlotte, go in with our squad.
02:12
Copy that.
02:15
37 Command, Metro 51.
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Go for command.
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Do you want us to come in off of Charlotte or Lutheran to Miles?
02:29
Come in off of Lutheran.
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Edge 51 copy, Lutheran to Miles.
02:41
Peter (name withheld) here with a blower as well.
02:45
Copy that.
02:48
Engine in field 52.
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It's point the truck that's security on here.
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Driver included to help them out.
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Road near Charlotte Street bus (number withheld) to tagging out.
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Command from this one.
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Go for command.
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When you get an available field truck,
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I recommend them going to Hickory Park as far back as they pass my time.
03:12
It looks like a fire just dropped the field.
03:17
Copy that.
03:22
It did not yet.
03:24
No,
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we're stopping it here.
03:27
Nothing's at Hickory Park.
03:28
3-8 assault victim Ivory Wellness.
03:30
Dad, we just got to jump the field.
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3-8, assault victim room to 25 at Ivory Wellness.
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What's that? You said just did jump the field?
03:38
Yeah, I can see the field nexus somewhere.
03:42
All right, we'll not get access off of Pickery Park.
03:46
It's going to have to be the property behind where old touchplace this used to be at.
03:52
Okay, I'm making the kind of a stop here.
03:58
Hi, keep radio traffic to a minimum, please, so I can control this.
04:02
Any 87 that's on the road yet?
04:12
Deputy Seventh, County.
04:17
Go ahead, County.
04:19
Tancuitary 7 went in route.
04:22
We did add 152 in field 52 as well.
04:28
Okay, add me add two more ATV units, please.
04:35
Deputy E 37, okay, and we also notified DCNR.
04:42
Okay, sit rep is, we have multiple acres on fire,
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wind is pushing this into some heavily wooded areas.
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We're attempting a fire break to keep it from crossing Charlotte Street.
04:55
However, I got it pushing down in the easterly direction now as well.
05:00
So we've got nowhere under control yet.
05:05
Okay. Okay.
05:08
313 alertion, Rothman Institute 825, old-line-sur-roop, and more lower American.
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Command from FM89.
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Go ahead.
05:21
Instead of the hick-hick-thing, they can't get across the creek.
05:24
You're going to have to send a truck in at that form just above where Hutzglass Warehouse used to be at.
05:30
That's where that's going to there in that field.
05:34
313-in-asked with injuries, Remington Road, Lancaster Avenue.
05:37
313 with injuries, Remington Road and Lancaster Avenue, Overell Throwing.
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Command Works Engine 95-1.
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Respondings
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5%
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57 United United on Miles from Command.
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7067, go ahead.
06:10
Your engine's got to pick one side or the other.
06:12
We need to get the cost for this.
06:15
322A. No, Your Honor.
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That injury.
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Deputy 59, Deputy 37, incoming for the ATV.
06:20
Deputy 39, Deputy 37, incoming for the ATV.
06:26
Send them down just past near Charlotte.
06:33
See my FM over there.
06:35
We have another area where it's jumped.
06:37
We need to find access to north of Miles Road.
06:43
Received.
06:46
HG unit from FMA9, who's at?
06:53
First engine 95-1
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At the edge of 78 respondent.
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The engine 751, man.
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I'm currently at Charlotte and Charlotte and Miles.
07:19
Where do you want us?
07:22
Come in miles, down to where I'm located.
07:27
Receive.
07:30
Phil, who was the ATV that said they were coming here to me on near Charlotte?
07:40
1037, okay.
07:44
County Burke Engine 951s on location.
07:48
Perfect.
07:49
Okay.
07:50
Okay.
07:55
5580. You hear your cell phone?
07:59
Let me go grab it.
08:02
Yeah, call me when you get a second.
08:03
We'll give you an update over the phone and keep it's clear.
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Location mentioned:
Near N Charlotte St, Gilbertsville, PA 19525
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