Multi-acre grass fire ignites construction equipment, Lakeland FL
WildfireFire crews responded to a grass fire burning three to five acres near Winston Park Boulevard and Old Tampa Highway. A piece of construction equipment caught fire. Additional brush trucks and a water tender were requested to help contain the fire.
Audio|Source: Polk County Fire Rescue, Fire and EMS
04:35
Transcript:
00:00
We were able to access it off of Winston Park Boulevard, Cross Street of Old Tampa.
00:06
It looks about maybe three or four acres of grass fire and pushing for some heavy equipment.
00:12
You can go ahead and have the brush truck responding.
00:15
Go ahead and send you another one too, please.
00:18
All right, copy.
00:19
I'm going to have another, get us another tack channel.
00:22
Break that one dispatch,
00:24
get a second brush truck, and give us another tack channel.
00:29
10 4, stand by.
00:35
TAN1, Tech 8 is available, sir.
00:37
All units are 4 o'clock Road and Frontish Road, please select Tech 8, TAC 8[1], 17.02 hours.
00:48
Agent 24.
00:52
We're on theme.
00:53
We've probably got 3 to 5 acres burning.
00:57
Medium fuel.
00:58
We've got one piece of equipment also on fire.
01:01
We've got engine 24th, staffs and command.
01:04
Engine 24 establish command 1702.
01:11
That one dispatch, I'm on Tech 8.
01:15
That one on Tech 8.
01:20
that one back to that one to command.
01:22
What was that road that you've made access off of? I'm on Old Tampa right now.
01:31
Insufficient?
01:33
I copy. Thank you.
01:39
Bye.
01:41
I copy. It's Winston Park.
01:43
I'm turning it in right now.
01:46
That's correct.
01:48
That one gets matched.
01:53
The day one.
01:54
If you would mark location for access to the Winston Parks and Old Tampa for additional vehicles.
02:03
Thank you, 15.
02:09
Go ahead.
02:11
Rescue 15, transporting the Lakeland Regional, one patient, one training.
02:16
Copy, transport to Lakeland, 17-03 hours.
02:24
Command.
02:26
Find me a tender to this also, please.
02:29
Okay. Okay.
02:35
32.
02:36
32. Go ahead.
02:39
We're complete covering them.
02:41
Copy complete, 17.04 hours.
02:47
Two thirty-two.
02:49
Two thirty-two, go ahead.
02:54
That's half a cent.
02:58
Dispatch a rescue 24.
03:02
Dispatch also to do you inform LFV of this incident.
03:12
Negative one other phone.
03:16
Man, that one other phone.
03:19
Man, that one.
03:21
Go ahead, sir.
03:24
If you haven't been able to completely do a 360, but from what I can see, it's slow moving from a west wind,
03:32
medium fuel.
03:33
I think we've got to stop from going to the equipment.
03:36
Once we get some more brush trucks like I'm out here, run it around or we should have it knocked out pretty quick.
03:44
Okay.
03:46
I want to say that you can show me on the screen.
03:48
All right, see.
03:53
Thank you for.
03:56
Do you need anything from Lakeland?
04:02
Negative.
04:03
Okay.
04:11
Lakeland. Rescue 24, select attack.
04:14
Well, I'm going back to dispatch.
04:22
This is getting the equipment, I'm not sure if they have contacts for whoever's storing this equipment out here for this construction.
04:30
They have contact, they might want to get a hold on and let them know they have some equipment catch on fire.
Police codes explained
The following codes appeared in the transcript and are explained below:
[1]
TAC 8: Tactical radio communication on channel 8
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Location mentioned:
Old Tampa Hwy & Winston Park Blvd, Lakeland, FL 33811
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