Firefighters respond to wildfire near Winding Hill and Route 565, Wantage NJ
WildfireFire and emergency units are responding to an active wildfire near Winding Hill and Route 565. They are using UTVs, engines, and tankers to control the fire, coordinating water supply and staging resources in the wooded area.
Audio|Source: Sussex County Public Safety
06:43
Transcript:
00:00
Scott, will you stage room or are you going with the UTV?
00:05
I'm going to stage you at near Winding Hill and coordinate from here. UTV's heading in now.
00:11
Hi, Rishi. Did they ever hear with them?
00:15
Yeah, it's a permanent.
00:16
They're on.
00:25
Command to UTV conversion.
00:51
Are they in the woods already?
00:59
They're currently on Route 565 by the farmhouse.
01:05
We should have them go to Winding Hill.
01:12
Commandant 420, you've got Pine Island, you can be going by you.
01:18
Copy, be advised our UTV entered about a minute ago with Troy.
01:25
Where's here?
01:30
Okay, I'm not with the UTV but we're limited to 50 feet.
01:33
Also you get more floor street hose up to it.
01:41
243 55
01:47
4.355. Take one to Morristown.
01:52
Receive one to Morristown.
02:01
County 5651, be in service responding at a previous destination. I called in.
02:16
2.970 Vernon.
02:21
297, guys.
02:25
Here.
02:32
Ray Seats, I'm going to check with Fire Command where they would like you to see if you're going to be in, I'll let you know.
02:45
Okay, good.
02:49
You have Atlantic B-LAS and or it's the stage. Where would you link them to stage up?
02:58
Stage at near 45.
03:04
Very easy.
03:06
Vernon is 297. You're going to stage at near 55.
03:11
Four point you.
03:14
Go ahead.
03:16
I have Pine Island UTV here.
03:19
Where would you like them? And they're brush truck.
03:24
If you can have them make access in that way,
03:28
I'll start using hot spots over there.
03:33
I receive.
03:38
Is there anything over here for water?
03:40
Is there any side of the fire? If you want to come in, I got a fire line.
03:47
To the lower end towards the swamp.
03:51
To the upper side.
03:53
I would say to the west.
03:58
Receive.
03:59
Command 8.420, you got a tanker over there for water?
04:18
4251 is clear of Newton and available. C is clear.
04:44
I got Pine Island fire here with the engine and the UTV. Would you like your tank to respond as well?
04:54
How are we doing with water over there?
04:59
So far we only filled up the Vernon UTV one time.
05:05
All right so you got an engine over there with water right now, right?
05:12
Currently we have two engines.
05:16
Okay, you want them to stand by the house?
05:27
Yeah,
05:31
that's permanent. Copy. All right.
05:37
Safety ones, ma'am.
05:40
Go ahead.
05:47
We should be able to handle it with the UTVs unseen in Forest Fire Scrum. So they arrive.
05:54
Richie, I have the AMS staging at the form if we need to bring anyone in the M.S.
06:03
Receive, I'm currently three burning personnel and three force fire operating in this area.
06:11
Mr. Richard,
06:12
anything from Sussiguro yet?
06:17
Still no contact, man.
06:21
Receive, command of 400. Command of 400.
06:27
Command of 400.
06:40
Or is new JCP. Now, I'm seeing releasing 30 a tanker.
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Compton Rd, Wantage, NJ 07461
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