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CREWS
HANDLE LARGE BRUSH FIRE ON DUMFRIES ROAD |
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March 27
2006
- At 1103 hrs, Wagon 501 was dispatched for an
outside fire at 10100 Dumfries Road. Fueled by high
winds and dry conditions, the crew found a large
amount of fire rapidly spreading over several acres.
At that point, the Wagon's Officer requested Brush
507 from the County. Crews at the station, seeing
the column of smoke, sent an additional engine,
Engine 501, to the scene. Once the crew from the
Wagon got back into the woods, they realized that
they were dealing with a much larger fire than
originally thought. Wagon and Brush 507 arrived as
Command was requesting additional units. Crews on
scene began to deploy lines to the perimeter of the
blaze and started extinguishing the fire. In
addition to what was already on scene, Wagon and
Brush 509, Brush 516, Rescue 501 and Engine 501A
came to assist. With heavy smoke covering Dumfries
Road and an adjacent apartment complex, many
on-lookers surrounded the scene. It took crews about
an hour to bring the fire under control. In all,
about 4 acres burned. With three of our Engines on
the scene (our 4th engine and attack unit are out of
service for maintenance), the men of Company 1
maintained an additional crew at the station
staffing the Tower. Cold drinks and snacks were
brought from the station for rehab. We would like to
thank all of the mutual aid companies and the Rescue
for their hard work on bringing this nuisance fire
under control. The Wagon finally cleared at 1318
hrs. (Note the picture of our super brush stud Mike
Frezza) |
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