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Residential house fire with propane tanks near Bowater RoadRiceville TN

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TN-163, Riceville, TN 37370

According to the dispatch call, a fully involved house fire near Bowater Road and Highway 163 involved propane tanks burning. Firefighters responded with multiple units. There may be two people inside the house. A defensive firefighting strategy was in place.

Audio|Heard on: Polk County Public Safety
Listen to dispatch call
05:10
Transcript:
00:00
G3, I'll be on the scene.
00:02
They do have a fully involved structure fire.
00:04
I'm a check about Alkman.
00:06
I'm out with me in K shares tomorrow.
00:10
Tenful.
00:11
Tifold.
00:15
Fiske 15 responding at a wall station for crew of two.
00:22
Tenful.
00:24
Go ahead.
00:39
Go ahead.
00:42
Contact me, McMinn County.
00:43
If I was no possibly two subjects in this house, this will be a house.
00:50
Temple.
00:55
(number withheld) to cheat 3.
00:58
Go ahead.
01:02
I'm with another unit.
01:03
Do you want us to respond to the Bowater Road fire?
01:08
Negative to stand by right now.
01:12
104.
01:17
104. 4. 4.
01:20
Cheat 3.
01:22
Perm McMinn County on the scene.
01:24
Send me a tanker this way.
01:27
104.
01:33
(number withheld).
01:35
You wait.
01:38
Sir, I'm currently in Rescue 15 headed to Headwad.
01:41
Do you want me to divert Station 1 for Tanker 11?
01:50
If there's nobody else in bed in 104, if there is, the Save Rescue City.
01:58
I will divert to Station 1 for Tanker 11 because we do not have a tanker en route at this time.
02:05
No, copy.
02:12
As I spoke with McMinn County.
02:16
Not copy, I do have contact one of their members at this time.
02:20
A car is still in the driveway, possibly two people still inside.
02:24
It's going to be a defensive attack only house total law.
02:30
10 and 4.
02:39
Okay, I copy.
02:40
I'll get some spotting off, so we do that with propane tanks on fire, fix up, levy.
02:45
Check the spotting,
02:50
when you come out Bullard Road, if somebody with a Coley Farm is, on Bowler Road on the left,
02:54
up at a mile before the Dollar General.
02:56
I copy.
03:04
In 15, cheap 3.
03:12
That might as well, this propane case is for you.
03:15
Okay.
03:24
I did copy, sir.
03:29
Units responded to Chief III's location, the physical address near Highway 163.
03:43
Go ahead.
03:49
Did you need manpower with this tanker as well?
03:56
Let me check with McNicayi, I believe their first station is driving on the same this time.
04:02
15,
04:05
G3, I'm here in Berlin though I've got a thousand gallons if they made it mail.
04:19
For want to be advised,
04:22
we're en route.
04:23
I'm not sure where to yet, but I've got crew of two, crew of two.
04:34
All right, just go ahead and station your engine there at Delano,
04:39
Mr. Zip.
04:40
I've got two engines that is pulled up.
04:42
We just need the tankers this time.
04:45
And four,
04:46
so you want me to stage and download and not continue on down to walk this time? Yeah,
04:53
this station Delano right now, they've got all their units out that's on board road.
04:57
a threadwalk.
04:58
This state is telling us.
05:01
Where engine 15 has that message, engine 15 central one bit viz, I will be heading to the Zipper download stage.
05:09
Uh... double.

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TN-163, Riceville, TN 37370

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