Vehicle fire consumes plow truck near Union and Mountain, New Providence NJ
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Fire & ArsonAccording to the dispatch call, a plow truck caught fire near Union and Mountain roads in New Providence. The fire involved the engine and passenger compartments and the truck bed contained gasoline. Multiple fire and hazmat units responded, and the fire was brought under control after establishing water supply and stretching lines.
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04:39
Transcript:
00:00
Yeah, affirmative.
00:01
This is near Union and Mountain.
00:03
Union and Mountain.
00:04
The engine compartment and the passenger compartment are burning.
00:09
The plow truck, Ford pickup.
00:12
Received, Chief.
00:13
Are you on location?
00:15
Yeah, affirmative.
00:16
Engine 4 is also en route.
00:18
This originally came in as Mountain and Diamond Hill.
00:22
Car 110-4, I'm pulling up.
00:23
I'm in heavy traffic.
00:25
New Providence Engine 4 is responding.
00:29
Received County Providence.
00:30
Do you want a first alarm for this?
00:34
Negative, I have New Providence and glad units are responding.
00:37
We should be able to handle them.
00:40
Received.
00:41
All right, units responding, use caution.
00:43
The back of the truck is filled with gasoline.
00:46
Oh yeah, use caution.
00:47
The back of the truck is filled with gasoline.
00:51
Units responding, acknowledge.
00:54
New Providence is at 410-4.
00:58
County from car one, I acknowledge.
00:59
I'm on location establishing command with the fire and fully involved.
01:04
Based on their report, can you start hazmat as well?
01:08
Engine four from command.
01:11
Four answering.
01:13
What's your direction of travel?
01:17
We're going to head south down Mountain and then approach from the top of Hill Union.
01:21
Bristol Heights is going to be first due.
01:24
Yeah, it's affirmative.
01:25
They're pulling up.
01:26
I'm going to have them stretch.
01:30
Car one, can you get above this from Possum or do you want us to go all the way up the mountain?
01:35
All the way up the mountain.
01:37
County car one, do you only start BLS for standby?
01:41
County New Providence fire, do you want me to start the squad to standby?
01:48
Yeah, that's affirmative.
01:49
Have them come south to Mountain.
01:51
We'll stage.
01:56
Engine four from command.
01:59
Hey,
02:00
you're going to come through the intersection of Diamond and Mountain, and you'll pull on the other side to the left of squad two.
02:08
I'm determining whether I'm going to have you stretch a second line off their rig or stretch your own.
02:12
We have a hydrant right on the corner here as well.
02:16
Repeat that, he wants to go left of squad two?
02:20
Yeah, you're going to come through the intersection and.
02:23
I'm sorry, you're going right and you're going on the left of squad two.
02:26
Bumper in with them.
02:31
I don't know.
02:32
I'll stand by unless urgent.
02:34
Command, do you need any other resources?
02:39
Negative, not at this time.
02:42
All right, so you probably have CMS on the way.
02:45
All right, just confirming you've had that started on this.
02:49
Yeah, they're coming up from Watchung.
02:52
Okay, progress report of one line stretching operation.
02:56
We'll be stretching a second line on the arrival of New Providence,
03:00
establishing positive water supply.
03:02
Can you also start chasing PNL for exposure to Cleveland power lines?
03:08
Received.
03:09
Thirteen twenty-six, stretching a second line.
03:15
Engine four is out here.
03:18
Counters.
03:20
Engine four, you'll stretch the yellow cross light 150 feet off squad two for the second line.
03:26
All right, they're on half, they're on a quarter of a tank.
03:29
We're going to give them our water first.
03:32
We're working on that right now.
03:35
Firehouse.
03:38
County be advised, engine one's also responding out from New Providence.
03:42
Engine 11328.
03:45
In service.
03:47
Engine two, first command is all in service.
03:52
Command for fire out.
03:53
Engine one is en route.
03:56
I received engine one.
03:58
You're going to stage on now?
04:02
Just prior to the intersection where the hydrant's going to have to go blocked.
04:08
Engine one received.
04:11
Command, also be advised I have a full crew in quarters right now.
04:14
We can cover both towns if needed.
04:18
Stand by.
04:21
All right, County Commander, come up on your 20-minute mark, 2-zero-minute mark.
04:26
Mark two zero, two line stretcher in operation.
04:29
Positive water supply has been established.
04:31
Main body of fire has been knocked down.
04:34
Received two lines stretcher in operation, positive water supply.
04:37
Main part of the fire knocked down at 1330.
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Location mentioned:
Diamond Hill Rd, New Providence, NJ
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