Large mulch pile fire breaks out near Carlisle St, New Bedford MA
Fire & ArsonA large mulch pile fire occurred near South and Carlisle streets in New Bedford. Fire crews on scene requested additional engines and a ladder to break up the pile and wet down the area to control the fire. The fire had a strong heat signature and was approximately 20 by 30 feet and about 20 feet high. The situation was managed with multiple fire units assisting. A tenant admitted to smoking near a detector, which caused an alarm activation but no fire inside the building.
Audio|Source: New Bedford Fire
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Transcript:
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File-on, Engine 8 is on scene. Here's a large, mulch pile.
00:04
Let's the steam come up to top.
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One second.
00:08
File, on, copy the Engine 8.
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Engine 8.
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Engine from Firearm.
00:21
7-98 Do you need an addition? All right, Brad, I said to the scene or you guys all set?
00:31
We should be off the number. I'll call on you there, but I don't copy.
00:36
Thank you.
00:39
Unit 2, portable 7.
00:45
Unit 2. Activated detector.
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No far away, no fire.
00:51
10-4. Is that the same one as the other night?
00:55
Yeah, 10-4.
01:02
And so I'm gonna leave that zone disabled.
01:05
Right on unit two.
01:08
Go ahead, unit two.
01:13
Yeah, it's detected no fire.
01:15
Let me turn on apparatus.
01:19
We're out of one, we're going to take to report.
01:21
I'm going to meet this on trip.
01:25
The final one copy activated. Detective no fire, leaves us on trip.
01:29
Enter one is college right there.
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Engine company number one.
01:35
Engine seven in college, right turn.
01:39
A engine seven, call in town.
01:42
Right-o-one, I'd call here and have the report.
01:47
The matter what, with the report.
01:51
Fire alarm here through the elbow contact, any contact don't fault to this property.
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Standby in a tool check right now.
02:06
File a lot for 4-08.
02:10
Go ahead, 4-08.
02:15
Yeah,
02:17
we're going to need an additional apparatus over here. This is an extremely large mulch pilot that we're going to have to break up. It's got a good heat signature.
02:24
We're going to have to wet down the whole area.
02:28
Trial on the cops. We'll send some apparatus away.
02:33
Engine 8, portable for doing it.
02:39
How's your name?
02:41
What do you need to have around her?
02:44
Gee,
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this multi-power is probably 20 by 30, about 20 feet high.
02:51
We're going to have to figure our way to break this up a little bit, let it down.
02:56
All right, you think another engine and ladder or you want two engines in a ladder?
03:03
Just an engine in a ladder just to get us a feed and just a manpower to break it up.
03:11
One of the car. Spiral, I'm copy correct. Give me another engine and ladder with our location.
03:16
My letter for his pocket.
03:19
File, I'm copy. You know one. Additional engine in ladder.
03:28
Final engine 7 can respond to engine 8 vocation.
03:38
In South and Carlisle to assist for the large mulchrist fire.
03:43
Again, 318 South and Carlisle.
03:52
Action 7, can you come back for that last?
03:57
I just have interrupted through (number withheld) public hotel.
04:02
File on copy, thank you.
04:22
Be advised, we had no contact information to that location.
04:27
All right, 104 be advised.
04:29
I spoke to the tenant on the first four. She admitted that she was smoking under the detector.
04:34
I did reset the system, so it's all set.
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Unit 2 is clear.
04:40
File on cops, unit 2.
04:58
File out from engine 9.
05:02
Go ahead, engine 9.
05:04
Do you guys have us responding to the mortifier? It's not on the IFC.
05:11
Engine 9, you can stand down, Agent 7, they're going to cover that.
05:15
Engine 9 copies, you can put it in quarters.
05:21
Copy that, engine 9 in quarters.
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Location mentioned:
Carlisle St, New Bedford, MA 02745
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