Fire destroys chicken coop, spreads toward nearby woods, Fort Valley VA
Firefighters responded to a structure fire at a fully collapsed 20-by-10-foot chicken coop near Frenchman Pond Road. The fire spread toward nearby woods, and multiple engines coordinated water supply and suppression efforts using dry hydrants on nearby roads.
Audio|Source: Shenandoah County Fire and Rescue
03:49
Transcript:
00:00
firefighter stouts on location.
00:02
Advise the coop is completely gone, fire appears to be spreading towards the wood line.
00:08
I advise for you to come up the driveway to the Yolo Steel building, nose end to attack the fire directly.
00:16
All right, 25354, Richmond Pond.
00:21
Negative. It's going to be near Frenchman Pond Rd, near Frenchman Pond Rd.
00:27
Copy near Frenchman Pond Rd. Water supply for me the bridge of each gap road.
00:32
Dispatch from Rusty Pop2.
00:39
Papu, go ahead.
00:44
Where to be moving north in Morayton, help cover to north and central?
00:50
10411-16.
00:55
14 from Wagon 51 51.
00:59
Good.
01:03
Do you want us to use the dry hydrant near Fort Valley Road? That should be just prior to Frenchman's time.
01:14
Dispatch engine 14, are you direct? Oh.
01:22
Dispatch the engine 14?
01:31
Engine 14.
01:34
Engine 14, go ahead.
01:40
Wagon 51 is asking if you'd like them to use the dry hydrant near Fort Valley Road.
01:50
It'll require three sleeves for 900 if they have them.
01:59
Wagon, 51 direct.
02:05
Negative. What was the road?
02:11
Engine 14 is advising you where requires three sleeves to use that dry hydrant near Fort Valley Road.
02:21
Correct.
02:27
There's also a dry hydrant near Boyer Road.
02:35
That fire hydrant does work.
02:37
That's hydrant number one.
02:43
Wagon 51 direct with that hydrant.
02:48
Negative. Can I get the address one more time?
02:56
The incident has taken place near Frenchman Pond Rd.
03:28
We're on the scene.
03:30
We do have a single story of 20 by 10 chicken coop that has fully collapsed on itself.
03:38
We'll be out extinguishing.
03:39
Continue all units for now.
03:42
Break.
03:43
Take her 1308 from engine 14.
03:47
We did not lay out. If you could pull up and nurse us, that'd be great.
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Location mentioned:
Near Frenchman Pond Rd, Fort Valley, VA 22652
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