Large grass fire advances toward Gillette neighborhoods, Gillette WY
WildfireA fast-moving grass fire has burned 100 to 200 acres south of Gillette. The fire is wind-driven and threatening homes in the Sleepy Hollow subdivision, Hitching Post, trailer park, and Union Chapel Road area. Firefighters are coordinating a response that includes air support and requesting traffic control assistance. The fire continues to spread toward residential areas.
Audio|Source: Gillette Police, Campbell County Sheriff, Fire and EMS, WHP
08:38
Transcript:
00:00
TASO-3 is responding.
00:02
10-4[1]Graph 3.
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10-4[1]Graph 3.
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Cap 99 BC4.
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C-4. 16. 60.
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7-1-H-O.
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4, Gap 99.
00:18
Yeah, Gap 99, a superintendent started this way.
00:21
Copy.
00:22
Yeah, so it means before, if you don't have law enforcement started this way, can you get PDRS or somebody started, please?
00:27
Ten, four.
00:28
Yes, so, if you would, please pay your working fire.
00:30
I copy a Working Fire.
00:32
That's where I'm going to stretch our time.
00:34
Around that hill, you'll see the fresh turn.
00:39
Stand by for a page route for working fire.
00:41
CPSO officers are busy.
00:42
The fire department was requesting assistance at that fire a JAP auction right across the street from Wyoming House of Coffee on 59.
00:49
All right, and I'm right here.
00:50
What do they need? Let me find out.
00:51
City forfeits too.
00:52
I'm not terribly far away.
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I can have there too.
00:54
Copy.
00:55
I guess I'm right here with fire, I just mainly need instruction on what they need from us.
01:01
To the south, wind driven, structures threatened.
01:04
SO dispatch copies, F1, FN1 on T.
01:07
following tracks up in here, but we're going to be on a well-filled roads and potentially the way we're going and what's taking place here is going to end up over in the Raja Hills area from what I can see so far.
01:19
I'll head up sorry.
01:20
10-4[1].
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5 Young 4, Adam Nora 0, 8 Young 5, Henry Adam 1, 00690.
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Copy.
01:30
104 and you can attach MS-260 to it? 104.
01:35
So, base 1.
01:36
Go ahead, SO.
01:37
BC4, what assistance do you require from law enforcement?
01:40
We're just going to have some traffic control issues.
01:43
Also, this thing is making a hard push towards Sleepy Hollow.
01:45
Approximately 100 acre grass fire, wind driven,
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burning towards Sleepy Hollow.
01:49
BC4 will have 59 command right now.
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Fire dispatch BC4, launch the seat in the state helicopter,
01:56
please. There it is bent up.
01:58
Seeing operations will be on tack two.
02:00
Sorry, correction.
02:01
Seeing operations will be on V-Fire 21.
02:03
Engine 1, I'm going to need you to cancel.
02:05
I need wildland apparatus.
02:07
Entry one coffees cancel for wildland apparatus.
02:10
Fire dispatch, can you get hold of the road and bridge, see if they got any type of heavy equipment close to the area?
02:14
That's covered.
02:15
FM1, I want you to divert over to Sleepy Hollow.
02:17
I need eyes out in front of this thing.
02:20
Hi, copy. Deverting to Sleepy Hollow.
02:22
Press 11's at Citi1.
02:23
All right, send me whatever wildland trucks you can staff.
02:27
I'm urgent. So, truck one, scan 33.
02:29
104 truck one.
02:30
As though, Andrew 1 is canceled.
02:31
That's 4 engine 1.
02:32
Angie 1, truck 1, why don't you guys respond back to Station 1 so we get some wildland apparatus out here? Truck 1, copy.
02:39
PC4, do you have apparatus? Is that a 3 coming yet?
02:42
There's no Wildland apparatus of station 3.
02:44
Copy. Go ahead, 492.
02:46
O'ian route, see ya.
02:47
Bye, copy. Yeah,
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so we'll call this the Donkey Creek Fire.
02:50
Ten for Donkey Creek Fire.
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That's the driver.
02:53
Copy. So 10 or 5 is in route Donkey Creek fire.
02:56
104, 10 or 5.
02:57
Yeah, so brush 7 is responding.
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104 verse 7. First in units, you're going to take the right flank from the heel.
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The heel is going to be at the point of origin.
03:06
We've got a mentorship student.
03:07
Okay, we'll find somebody for them.
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409, 452. All right.
03:12
Where do you think they're going to want me to help set off?
03:14
Honestly, I'm not really sure.
03:15
If you just want to come to me, I'm at 59 across from the bowling alley, we do need to communicate with fire a little better and get figured out what exactly they want from us.
03:22
Copy, I'm just pulling up to you.
03:23
There's a deputy with me as well.
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E536.
03:25
Go ahead. I have a Wyoming female, Janet first name, Juliet Alpha, November Echo Tango, last name, Kennedy, same as the person that was registered for the car.
03:38
Driver's license is (number withheld).
03:40
Date of birth is 05101949.
03:47
16 BC4 is requesting a present at the trailer part there, just in case the wind switch is.
03:54
Ten-four. I'm ten-twenty-three at the Strups or Eagle Ridge.
03:58
Ten-four. Ten-four, tender one.
04:05
Three guys, see, go ahead.
04:06
Yeah, seats and helicopter been ordered aircraft, or air attack is going to launch as well.
04:11
Blades coming from the road and bridge yard.
04:13
I copy.
04:14
Ongoing update, it's probably consumed another 50 to 100 acres.
04:17
Wind driven right now at this point, headed southeast towards Sleepy Hollow.
04:22
Copy.
04:23
Local values at risk, Subdivision of Sleepy Hollow, Hitching Post, trailer park, Union Chapel Road area.
04:29
Say that again, the what?
04:32
The driver's license number.
04:34
Roger. One second here.
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