Fire crews contain grass fire near 200 North in Columbia City, Columbia City IN
Firefighters in Whitley County, Indiana are working to control a large grass fire near 200 North. Multiple fire crews and equipment are on site, cutting trees and managing smoldering areas to contain the fire.
Audio|Source: Whitley County Fire Operations
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Transcript:
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2.0.1.A. We are going to back the tanker down here.
00:05
If you want to, we can pull inch and three-quarters, split it off into two forestries, or whatever your plan can be inside.
00:15
Yeah,
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I don't care if we use forestry or inch and three-quarter.
00:19
We're just going to need a lot of handline in here.
00:21
We've got so much smoldering underground and in wood.
00:27
Clear. We're going to get working on that.
00:32
Operation 209, we're out of water.
00:36
Clear.
00:43
Dispice, 200 North, Command.
00:46
Command, go ahead.
00:50
Can you check with face 300 and see if they can respond to tanker out here please also?
00:57
Clear.
01:02
201A operations.
01:08
201A, go ahead.
01:10
306 has an abundance of forestry line we can use to get in there.
01:17
So we can probably just back tanker down there and hook up to them and if you want to do it that way.
01:23
That would be fine.
01:25
Clear. I'll have them start.
01:32
I've got the rescue crew heading over to the east side to start working on cutting some trees.
01:40
Of course.
01:47
Please two-hundred to hand.
01:51
Is that?
01:56
Man, go ahead.
02:01
Command is Fear 43.
02:03
Base 300 has a engine clearing a medical run and then they're going to grab a tanker and we'll be in route.
02:13
Clear, thank you.
02:19
Operations tankers back there with you.
02:21
Do you want to direct them?
02:24
Clear. I got him right here.
02:28
Operations from command.
02:34
Go ahead.
02:38
Not sure where you have set up down there with a tanker, but if grass rigs be filled, we have one set up to vote grass rigs.
02:47
Okay,
02:48
we're going to try and fill grass rigs within a full-ditch of three-quarter off the tanker, so we'll try and use it as much as we can of that.
02:59
Operations 2.9, we're full of water.
03:01
You have an assignment.
03:06
Come down this way and we're probably going to have to get out and fight just by the hand.
03:13
It's clear.
03:17
Pressure all right, Roger.
03:23
Bring it down about 10 pounds, please.
03:30
Tank 204, what pressure are you running out right now?
03:36
100.
03:38
Take it down to 80 for us.
03:41
Where?
03:45
306, shut the voice your line down.
03:52
I don't want to have traffic for 206.
04:00
Zero-six, you can charge the forester line again.
04:02
I'm just going to use it like garden hose.
04:09
The next command on Offsalon.
04:14
Go ahead.
04:17
Clift 3-700-up-stop stand by at their station, for us, please.
04:23
Clear.
04:32
For base 700, come up on standby at your station for base 200.
04:37
Reference there, field fire.
04:40
That will be at near 200 North.
04:47
Grass Street 306, 314.
04:52
Go ahead.
04:55
Give us just a little bit more pressure on that line.
05:00
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Near E 200 N, Columbia City, IN 46725
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