Fire crews contain 1.5-acre vegetation fire near Oak Shadows, New Caney TX
WildfireFirefighters responded to a slow-moving vegetation fire near Oak Shadows Pl. The fire covers an estimated 1.5 acres and is moving toward an open field and nearby properties. Crews employed brush trucks, boosters, and tankers to establish fire lines and protect residences. Efforts focused on containment to prevent spread.
Audio|Source: Montgomery County Fire/EMS
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Transcript:
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Refugee 121, Battalion, 124.
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Go ahead.
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Fire appears to be two to a quarter to half an acre.
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Slow moving right now,
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it's on a berm.
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Once it comes down from that berm, it's going to get in this open field.
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If we can get our brush trucks and boosters on the line, I think we can stop it and keep it out of this open field.
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Your incident has been...
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That's received.
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You get done with that, come back over to the command post.
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This is face-to-face.
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And 10151 if you want, come down here to the command post.
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Booster 122.
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Go ahead and bring your booster down here where I'm at.
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Rescue 121, tie 124.
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Fire is going to be moving towards the corner of oak shadows and it's pretty thick.
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Right now it's laid down but with this wind we're about to see it start kicking up.
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Last receipt.
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Pressure 121 to command.
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Reestimation on the size of the fire is going to be approximately acre and a half.
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Command receive update acre and a half.
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I got Booster 122 down here.
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I'm going to send a manpower over to Brush 121 and let's get some lines plumbed in there and see if we can't put a knock on the same quick.
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That's clear.
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Once they get here, I'll be able to direct them inside.
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It's going to be pretty thick and we're going to need to start worrying about access from oak shadows of some sort if we can get a dozer.
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Commandery, right.
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Also make sure they get Brush 121 turned around facing out.
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That's clear.
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Rescue 121 command.
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Are you having Booster 122 bring their apparatus as well?
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Negative, their apparatus is right here with me.
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I'm going to send them over to the brush truck.
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But I want you to meet with them and do it face to face with them.
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That's clear.
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Go ahead and have them bring their apparatus.
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They can stage right by Brush 121 and I'll meet face to face with them.
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Thank you.
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Tanker 122 from Cran.
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Go ahead for Tanker 122.
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Hey,
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leave your apparatus as one of the other drivers and get your PPE on and come down here.
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Rescue 121 Alpha, Command.
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Go ahead for Rescue 121 Alpha.
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I have the balance of your crew headed to the Tifness truck and then I have an additional manpower coming from Tanker 122, send him over to help you.
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I've got booster 151 scouting the corner over there where the property is at to see if we can get a boost over there to protect those houses.
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That's received.
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I'm facing with booster 122 and trying to come up in game plan.
03:51
That's received. There's plenty of hose on that TIFMA truck.
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If you need to plumb it in there, plumb it in.
03:58
Yeah, we're looking at having lace and clothes on the ground, so we're going to do a progressive lathe.
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I just need to get everybody on the same page.
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A booster 151, go ahead.
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I'm still staged, I haven't made given a order yet.
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Engine 151, the booster 151.
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Come up to this cul-de-sack behind this first trailer house on the right, and we can make access behind to
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protect this trailer in these properties.
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Just confirming the cul-de-sac of Orchard Beat.
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The 151, and as soon as you pass, yeah, Orchard Bee, and then as soon as you pass the engine,
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start lifting out here right in the cul-de-sac.
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This one-five-one received.
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Okay.
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I'll be on team.
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1316 on location.
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Location mentioned:
Oak Shadows Pl, New Caney, TX 77357
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