Large grass fire in Red Springs threatens structures, Smith County TX
Firefighters are responding to a large grass fire near Red Springs, TX. The fire is threatening structures and has spread to hayfields and hay bales. There are issues with water supply, and additional firefighting resources are being requested to control the fire and protect nearby buildings.
Audio|Source: Smith County Emergency Communications
05:48
Transcript:
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Tension expired, Dixfire, copy, Medical Assist, (number withheld), Highway 110 North,
00:04
(number withheld) for breathing problems.
00:08
Neur responding knowledge, kind of clear, 16-13.
00:15
Go ahead.
00:18
Where down agent?
00:23
Water, repeat we are out of water.
00:28
Please see if you can disconnect, go find the hydrant tender cleaners using fill out, come back.
00:38
Clost this hydder is going to be 110 north at the school. We'll leave the hose and hydrant ranch here.
00:49
Probably that.
00:53
This is the 1.22 where out of the structure?
01:00
Honey, this beside you.
01:03
Go ahead.
01:05
Did you have a grass fire up in the Red Springs area?
01:12
Negative. We just got one for Bullard, but we do not have one for Red Springs.
01:18
Appreciate, thank you.
01:28
Yeah,
01:30
grass fire. It's going to be assisting Cherokee.
01:33
It's going to be (number withheld). It is threatening structures. Unit responding knowledge, kind of clear, 1615.
01:54
Can you dispatch, get your fire.
01:57
Go ahead.
01:59
Do you have, have, have you dispatched someone else to take that medical call for us on 110?
02:04
Affirmative.
02:06
Okay, thank you.
02:09
County Bullard engine and brush (number withheld) arguments. Okay, right,
02:13
sorry. Receive.
02:19
Battalion 2, Battalion 1, can you go to admin?
02:23
If you can't take the next course of the department, we do have two separate smoke size coming from this grass fire in the woods.
02:36
See,
02:47
it comes out the roadway.
02:54
And who do you suggest to go?
03:00
Uh,
03:01
if, I believe White House might be closer to this, I'm not sure, but if you think it's been around.
03:10
The White House Fire, White House Fire,
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Assist,
03:15
Cherokee and Bullet Fire on a Grass Fire, (number withheld),
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Kenner, (number withheld), Kenney Road (number withheld).
03:27
Is that show, engine (number withheld) and now to assist forward?
03:36
(number withheld) is going to be on location. We do have one hayfield on fire. We do have separate four hay bales on fire as well. We've got one struck a acre.
03:45
So it'll be (number withheld) command.
03:48
Let me see.
03:53
Do you want (number withheld), (number withheld)?
03:56
What apprise would you like?
04:11
Thank you for your awareness. I do have resources still standing by and blessed.
04:31
(number withheld) from engine (number withheld) what do you all need that? We're on the engine right now. You don't need another grass truck or what?
04:40
Yeah, we're going to take your question, right?
04:43
Crazy.
04:48
Henry Road (number withheld).
04:52
10-4[1].
04:54
10-4[1].
04:59
Okay.
05:05
We've already started slow rolling that way.
05:09
If we need this, we can step it up.
05:17
We are going to get a few tenders. We have roughly about 15 pheaval on fire as well.
05:27
Appreciate.
05:36
(number withheld), (number withheld), you're going to need a closure.
05:44
Stand by 1, let me see how far it's related to the wood right now.
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10-4: Acknowledgment—message received, understood, or OK.
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Red Springs, TX 75706
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