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Brush fire reported near Homestead Rd in Hawaii, Hawaii County HI

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Homestead Rd, Hawaii 96774

Fire crews responded to an active brush fire near Homestead Road in Hawaii. Multiple fire trucks and a helicopter were sent to the scene to assist with firefighting efforts.

Audio|Source: Hawaii County Public Safety - Hamakua/North Hilo
01:38
Transcript:
00:00
Control, engine 17[8], 332, rush fire[6], see, new bail, home state room.
00:05
Not seen, call me, Coach, are you coming in? Very audible.
00:08
Control, Agent 17, returning to Newfaya, Homestead Road, rush fire[6].
00:13
Control, copy.
00:14
Dr.O.O.R. Compt 17.
00:15
Patrol, Dr.O.1 is standing by.
00:17
All right, we are on scene and we're going to perform an area calculation right now.
00:21
Thank you. Thank you.
00:22
All our brush wire command post[10] fire control.
00:25
Scanning by.
00:26
Command post, can we get an updated unit on scene at this time? Turn to brush truck 1[9]7,
00:36
tanker 9[1], brush truck 8[2], brush truck 1[9],
00:41
x17, and tanker 3[4].
00:44
Copy, confirming brush truck 1[9]7, tanker 9[1], brush truck 8[2], brush truck 1, X17[3], tanker 3[4].
00:51
That's affirmative.
00:52
Commandpost, BFIs, we have chopper 2[7] in-rout, fuel truck 2 in-rout, and volunteer engine 8 alpha[5] in-rout.
01:01
Copy that, thank you.
Police codes explained
The following codes appeared in the transcript and are explained below:
[1]
tanker 9: Water tanker unit
[2]
brush truck 8: Brush fire response vehicle
[3]
X17: Fire response unit
[4]
tanker 3: Water tanker unit
[5]
volunteer engine 8 alpha: Volunteer fire engine
[6]
rush fire: Active brush fire
[7]
chopper 2: Helicopter responding
[8]
engine 17: Fire response unit
[9]
brush truck 1: Brush fire response vehicle
[10]
command post: Incident command established

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Homestead Rd, Hawaii 96774

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