Wildfire threatens farmhouse and power lines near silos, Ephrata WA
WildfireA wildfire is burning near a farmhouse, silos, and wheat fields in Ephrata, Washington. The fire threatens a farmhouse and high-voltage power lines. Fire units are on site coordinating efforts, requesting evacuations, and bringing additional resources to contain the fire and prevent it from spreading further.
Audio|Source: Grant County Fire/EMS and Washington State Patrol
08:53
Transcript:
00:00
You'll need to contact Douglas County for that support through Mac. Through Mac. Command[1]. Brush[3] 1505, City Advisors, a tractor with the fistwork at that farmhouse to the west side there on the south, just so you know. What's that, town? I'm out of water and I'm headed back on the road. Copy that. I think other than my floss, I've got a pretty good knock on the south side.
00:27
Division Alpha[2], if we can get a plow or a dozer on this northwest flank, access through where the silos are, that's going to be our best met. And let me know the identifiers of any brush unit so we can have down here to hold this. Division Alpha, Command[1]. Division Alpha.
00:53
Thank you and Keeneature they're on NorthTAC[4] one and I'll meet them halfway and I'll do a brief with them. Okay, our truck. That's 1321 and 7123, is that correct? Yeah, I'm gonna send 7123 down there too. Copy. What other unit was it missing on there?
01:23
1321, 1323, it's your location. Copy that. 1321, 1723 and 1326. Thank you. So did it out. I'm sending you one more brush unit to brush 630 as well. Copy brush 630 as well.
01:48
Good. You have coordinates on structure. It's going to be just west. Correction, just north of the silos. I believe it's down on that goalie there. Max Cheats 6301.
02:12
Can you call Rivercom, ask them to send me at least one deputy for level 3 Evax? 63301-208. 60301-0-0-you command for this fire? Yes, ma'am, that is correct. Correct.
02:41
And who's the last unit? 1321. Copy that. This can be very dusty, so let's just take our time. We're going to work our way back into the north flank. We'll rally up and come up with a game plan to hold this north flank as it approaches possibly getting fired out. So take your time with the desk. 630 is going to be the last unit coming in.
03:10
Rush 630, or 10 or 632, show me arrived on scene. Tender 630-1229. 630 from rush 621. 6030, where is staging at or where do they need to respond to? Stay tuned will be at Road J just past the grain bins. 6301 1239.
03:37
Mack from G701.
03:39
G701.
03:40
Anybody get Douglas County to do level 3 evacuations? We got a farmhouse threatened.
03:45
T7011233.
03:46
13 Division Alpha[2].
03:48
Go ahead and stop with the cone.
03:49
Our goal is going to be to contain it from that cone all the way out to where 1326 is going to be stopping.
03:55
So stay here at the Wheatfield and just hold it here.
03:58
Yeah, I have the cones, so I'm going to spread everybody out once I get people in position, and I'll double back and chat with you, give you a chunk of land to keep it south of.
04:09
Just right now, we're just stopped in the dirt, just outside the weeds.
04:13
Copy that works, so I'll come back to you.
04:14
Mack, from Rescue 583.
04:16
Rescue 583. Rescue 583, returning and in service.
04:20
5A3, 1230.
04:21
Command[1], Division Alpha[2].
04:23
Max, engine 511.
04:25
Okay. Go ahead for command. Agent 511, 1232.
04:27
Yeah, we may have another fire on this.
04:30
This may be a little bit of a complex.
04:31
Stand by.
04:32
Get an update a little bit more of some acres here.
04:34
We got a lot bigger than we think here.
04:37
Copy that. Do you have a contact for air support? Maybe you could get some leverage or traction on that?
04:42
Yeah, I'll get a hold of 504 and see what we can do.
04:47
So confirm we do have two fires.
04:49
We'll call fire number one this main fire,
04:51
and we're going to call it 250 acres.
04:54
Fire number two is going to be just north of that right near the plus with...
04:59
with values of risk of the high transmission power lines.
05:03
So we're going to estimate that at 15 acres, so two separate fires.
05:08
Okay. Okay. Command[1] Division also was an update.
05:10
Go ahead, Division Outful, with an update.
05:11
So we will call this two separate fires, however it's one of the same.
05:16
At the heel of last night's fires where it crossed containment lines, it's where it's where it's about 15 to 20 acres.
05:21
And that's where the high transmission power lines are threatened.
05:24
I'm going to try to get in there a little bit closer to see what control lines we do have.
05:29
I got resources that are set up on top to try to keep it from the north-west.
05:34
So they're actively put to work standing by for it to push the field.
05:37
Copy. If we order another dozer, are we able to strengthen both lines?
05:42
1193 for this talk.
05:43
Affirmative, if we can pop it to two dosers,
05:46
and I would say another five brush rigs, preferably tactical penders.
05:52
11 entries.
05:53
Okay, do I have to order that through Douglas or can I do it through Macs? 90 at 145.
05:58
Charles Robert Paul, 5.3, 24.
06:00
Do it through Mac and have them contact Douglas as well.
06:03
You want all your resources to you?
06:05
1321.
06:06
Correction, 1326, command.
06:07
I'm going to have you kind of in charge of this upper part to let people out as needed and try to conserve water.
06:14
The goal is to keep it from the cone all the way to where you are south of.
06:20
1321, command. Go ahead for Division Alpha[2].
06:22
I tied in with 6.30.
06:23
I can see...
Police codes explained
The following codes appeared in the transcript and are explained below:
[1]
Command: Incident Command
[2]
Division Alpha: Fire operational division
[3]
Brush: Brush fire unit
[4]
NorthTAC: Tactical Fire Channel
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Ephrata, WA 98823
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