Brush fire spreads near Charlotte Street and Miles Road, Montgomery County PA
Fire & ArsonA brush fire started near Charlotte Street and Miles Road in New Hanover Township, Pennsylvania. The fire is spreading over multiple acres and threatens nearby wooded areas. Firefighters have dispatched multiple fire engines and ATV units to contain and control the fire. Winds are pushing the fire toward thick woods and it is not yet under control. Fire crews are attempting to create fire breaks to stop the spread, especially to prevent it crossing Charlotte Street.
Audio|Source: Montgomery County Fire and EMS - Digital
08:48
Transcript:
00:00
Yeah, send your tanker down to my squad as well.
00:03
Send your tanker down to my squad.
00:07
Tanker, stop.
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I monitor your radio.
00:14
I need you to back out of Miles Road and go down Charlotte Street to Squad 37.
00:22
Okay,
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receive.
00:26
You're to switch the ops one then.
00:33
Tanker 67, come on out.
00:34
We got your block.
00:35
Go ahead.
00:39
Engine 67, you're coming to me right here on Miles Road.
00:41
Right after the tankers back and out there, you're coming to me.
00:46
Engine 67, okay.
00:47
Montgomery, engine 67 on location.
00:50
Okay, engine 67.
00:51
Engine 37.
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Stay with our squad.
00:56
The tankers coming down.
00:57
Work with the ass ammo net firebreak.
01:04
In that silver card, bringing the other line.
01:14
Engine 37, 3154 North Charlotte Street, go in with our squad.
01:20
Copy that.
01:23
37 command for Metro 51.
01:25
Go for command.
01:30
Do you want us to come in off of Charlotte or Lutheran to Miles?
01:36
Come in off of Lutheran.
01:40
Edge 51 copy, Lutheran to Miles.
01:50
Engine field 52, assist 37, brush, 510 miles road, box 89, 89, 370 tanker.
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Engine in field 52,
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37, brush, 510 miles road, between Lutheran Road, North Charlotte, Tree, box, 89, 37, Italian, Italian, 370, 10, you have.
02:08
That's what the caller gave us, they were a passerby.
02:12
They were not involved themselves.
02:14
They said it was pulled over the side and on the eastbound side.
02:20
Received.
02:27
That's been not yet, Phil.
02:30
We're stopping in here.
02:32
Nothing's at Hickory Park.
02:35
Dad, I just watched you jump the field.
02:39
You said it did jump the field?
02:43
Yeah, I can see the field next to some fire.
02:47
All right, that will not get access off of Hickory Park.
02:51
It's going to have to be the property behind where old Hutchglass used to be at.
02:58
Okay, I'm making the kind of a stop here.
03:03
Guys, keep radio traffic to a minimum, please, so I can control this.
03:07
Any 87 units on the road yet?
03:14
37 counties fire ops one go ahead county
03:21
tank thirty seven went en route we did add engine 52 and field 52 as well to the part for you okay add me add two more ATV units please deputy 7 okay and we also notified DCNR
03:43
Okay, sit rep is, we have multiple acres on fire.
03:48
Wind is pushing this into some heavily wooded areas.
03:52
We're attempting a fire break to keep it from crossing Charlotte Street.
03:56
However, I got it pushing down into the easterly direction now as well.
04:01
So we've got nowhere under control yet.
04:06
Yep, three, seven, time.
04:12
Twenty-five, old lines for open more lower.
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66.
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66.
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66. See,
04:24
Missage. So please get on the page.
04:27
Unknown if the email happens on the location.
04:31
Proceed.
04:35
Injuries, Remington Road, Lancaster Avenue.
04:37
315 an accident with injuries, Remington Road, and Lexer Avenue, we're both throwing.
04:46
Perk, NGon, 951.
04:53
7 responding?
04:56
9.7-10.
05:07
Deputy 67, go ahead.
05:11
Your engine's got to pick one side of the road or the other.
05:13
We need to get other trucks through here.
05:16
No problem.
05:20
Deputy 59, Deputy 37, incoming for the ATV.
05:26
Send them down just past 3154, Charlotte.
05:33
See my FM over there.
05:35
We have another area where it's jumped.
05:37
We need to find access to north of Miles Road.
05:44
Receive.
05:46
P2G unit from FMA9, who's that?
05:54
Is it you and the ATV?
06:00
I'm from first engine 951.
06:05
It's a 26 okay.
06:09
Okay,
06:12
three weeks 25 ago.
06:13
Really 25 ago.
06:21
Command of our command from Berks Engine 951.
06:27
951, go ahead.
06:30
I'm currently at Charlotte and Miles.
06:32
Where do you want to?
06:34
Come in Miles.
06:36
Come in Miles down to where I'm located.
06:40
Recease.
06:43
So who was the ATV that said they were coming here to me on 3154?
06:53
1037.
06:57
County birth engine 951s on location.
07:01
Perfect. If I won't go.
07:07
5589, give your cell phone.
07:12
Let me go grab it.
07:14
Yeah, call me when you get a second.
07:16
I'll give you an update over the phone to keep this clip.
07:22
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07:36
engine nade are you guys getting ready to leave the scene
07:41
yeah everybody's about to get out of the kid out now you just trying to figure out how you're out here
07:49
Genet 37 Command.
07:52
The United Recommend from Charlotte Street Division.
08:02
Charlotte Street, District.
08:08
I'm going to need a field piece or an ATV.
08:11
I thought I heard one that was coming to me, but it's not yet.
08:14
I talked to the guys on the field that it jumped, and that's a tilled field, but we have a tree line that we're going to try and put the ATV into.
08:28
Edge 67 from your field crew.
08:30
Shut down a red line for one minute.
08:33
F-A-9 okay on that request.
08:35
County, 37 Command.
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37 Command.
08:43
Staging will be Charlotte and Miles.
08:45
Charlotte and Miles. Can you put that out, please.
08:46
Any incoming unit to Charlotte and Miles.
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N Charlotte St & Miles Rd, New Hanover Township, PA 19525
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