Fire crews manage wildfire near NW Old Wilson River Rd, Washington County OR
WildfireFire crews are actively working to control and extinguish a wildfire in a field near NW Old Wilson River Rd. They are using water tenders to supply water, monitoring for hot spots, and coordinating resources to prevent the fire from spreading given current wind conditions. The fire appears to have started due to equipment failure on a tractor.
Audio|Source: Washington County Fire and EMS
06:20
Transcript:
00:00
Water, Tender, 4, your discretion, clockwise, around the field and just take whatever opportunities you come across if you're making your way.
00:06
The idea is no more smokes in the field with the wind that we have out here, let's not give it any opportunity.
00:15
Water, Tender 4, copy.
00:16
I'm going to go more internal on the next path.
00:23
Our Tender 14 for Crush 8-6.
00:30
Water 14.
00:33
You guys have a supply line set up across the Blackberry bushes there in the field?
00:40
That's affirmative.
00:43
We are supplying brush 15.
00:48
Okay, we're going to come get water from you.
00:55
Heavy Brush far from Heavy Brush Pump.
00:58
We got about a quarter left.
01:01
Copy.
01:07
And Brush 13, we're approaching from the north, about two minutes out.
01:14
Brush 13, from the Gail Streak side.
01:19
Brush 13, affirmative.
01:22
Okay, when you get here, you'll see me, you'll go past me and I'll put you out in the field and have you be working hot spots in the middle.
01:28
Of course, I can copy out in the field, spot the spot in the middle.
01:40
Command engine 17.
01:43
17, command.
01:51
We're going to nurse,
01:54
thanks tender, and if it's okay with you, I'm going to become water supply out here for Nathan's.
02:04
Okay,
02:06
you're going to be water supply.
02:07
I only have one tender down there.
02:10
If you're thinking you're going to need something more than that, let me know.
02:13
The rest of the tenders are suppression out in the field.
02:21
Copy.
02:25
Command, water tender 13 is about five minutes up.
02:31
Okay, tender 13, thank you.
02:36
Streets are no street and south-left Denton or dry.
02:47
Signacle Josephine from this one.
02:51
Having been reading normally but having chest pain all morning that radiates to his shoulder and neck.
03:04
You've got to go work some other fields when I've got information from him and the person is operating him.
03:13
Okay, if you don't have any objections, I don't.
03:16
Is there any reason to believe in any suspicious circumstances of the fire?
03:21
Not at all. It sounds like an equipment failure on the tractor itself, and it sort of the tractor itself on fire.
03:28
Okay.
03:33
It is cold to the touch.
03:35
They could not confirm a protocol for a deceased patient.
03:44
Looks like there are employees in the room.
03:46
Caller was not.
03:47
No further.
03:50
We started down this east, the southeast flank.
03:54
We're enforcing it with a foam line.
04:00
Yeah, real good.
04:02
Absolutely.
04:03
Anything we needed to hold it there is that line.
04:05
We've gotten in touch with the property owner.
04:07
He's got a desk and he'll have it out here shortly.
04:10
It's coming down from Thornburg.
04:11
As soon as it gets out here, we'll make the south flank of us the priority.
04:20
Every brush four copies.
04:25
Command water tender 13 urging from the north.
04:30
We might be able to clear, yeah.
04:36
I just 6-5-thous.
04:41
I see 20 verse 30.
04:46
And we'll go all the way down to the east side, remain on the road.
04:49
You'll tie in with Water Tender 14 down there.
04:52
You can assist with water supply.
04:56
Bobby, tie in to Tender 14, assist water supply.
05:01
That's correct.
05:02
And you've got Engine 17 officer down there as well who's helping with the water supply if you'll tie in with them.
05:11
Okay, sorry to come, Water Tender 13-0.
05:16
Okay.
05:22
Attender or correction, engine 17, officer, command.
05:30
Listen 17. 17.
05:33
Yeah, in terms of water supply, when it comes in to fill hydrant, fill tenders, the closest hydrant is about one mile away over next door the Gales Creek Fire Station on Old Wilson River Road.
05:47
It'll be right next to the school.
05:50
There's a hydrant right out there on the road.
05:56
Copy hydrant near Station 7.
06:03
And brush 86, we're full of water, ready for re-assign it.
06:09
86, just keep the current plan going, let us go clockwise and hit any opportunities you see of smokers out there in the field.
06:19
86, copies.
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NW Old Wilson River Rd, Oregon
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