Firefighter assesses large debris burn near wooded area, Vinton VA
Fire & ArsonFire crews responded to a report of a large debris burn near Highland Acres Road. The landowner was burning a pile approximately eight feet in diameter, about 50 feet from a wooded area. The homeowner had a line around the fire but no water was present. Fire command assessed the risk due to the proximity to the dense woods and was coordinating with fire management to decide if the fire needed to be extinguished.
Audio|Source: Bedford County Fire and Rescue (Ops)
05:58
Transcript:
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Okay, that property backs up to where we're going.
00:04
So is that accept point going to be there?
00:07
If it's going to be 50 yards from you, then it's probably going to be hitting the road that we're going to.
00:15
10-4[1], I believe it is.
00:16
We're on a construction site where we're going to put a new house at and we're looking at it through the woods.
00:23
Okay, all right, can you go ahead and proceed up through there and actually get at the fire,
00:32
please?
00:34
Ten, four, we're proceeding on foot through the woods.
00:43
It's 13, shoot, sir, sir.
00:47
Go ahead, sir.
00:50
We're going to be at Brush 19.
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We're staying now on Highland Acres.
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Central.
00:57
Command, Brush 12.
01:01
Go ahead. Go ahead.
01:04
Once you go ahead and proceed,
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take that first entrance to Highland Acres.
01:10
Go in with Brush 19.
01:14
Rush 13,
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stay where you're at.
01:17
Takeer 13, go ahead and relocate the entrance to Highland Acres and stage there.
01:28
Command 1346.
01:31
Command 1346.
01:35
Command 1346.
01:50
Go ahead from the Mayor.
01:55
Chief, I'm here with the homeowner.
01:58
He's burning the stump.
02:00
The address is near Highland Acres.
02:02
What's the Highland Acres? Highland Acres.
02:09
Okay.
02:10
Looks awful large to be burning just a stump.
02:13
Does he have it under control?
02:16
Yes, sir. It's a pile that's about eight foot in diameter.
02:21
Just to confirm he's got a line around it and how far is he from the wood line? And he is there with it.
02:35
He is with it and there we're about 50 feet from the wood line.
02:38
He has a scratch coat around the outside of it, but we do not have water.
02:45
Okay, there's that way to really get back there to it, is it?
02:49
Yes, sir. I think Brush 19 is coming up on me now.
02:53
There's a driveway to it.
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And Brushwell is on location.
03:01
All right, ten-four.
03:06
Back to command.
03:12
Go ahead for command.
03:15
Just check and make sure it's okay.
03:17
Update the address to near Highland Acres.
03:23
104.
03:25
Which FMA was on this assignment?
03:34
Professor, can you advise what FMO was assigned to this, please?
03:40
FM3.
03:41
Thank you, ma'am.
03:42
Command FM3.
03:48
Suffer, can you reach out to FMO by landline? And AFM contact me on this channel,
03:54
please.
03:56
Jim 4.
03:58
Command FM3, go ahead.
04:02
All right, it's up to your discretion if you want to come.
04:05
Basically what we got is some land being cleared approximately 15 by 15 by 8 foot tall, miscellaneous debris of woodland stumps and so forth.
04:18
The only questionable thing I've got is he's only about 50, 60 feet.
04:24
from a wood line and he's in a heavily dense wooded area.
04:30
Let you make a call from there.
04:31
If we have to extinguish it, it's going to be a very prolonged incident.
04:47
I will have to find that out.
04:49
I do not believe so.
04:50
I believe it's the landowner and the construction company.
04:55
I don't know if they still have equipment on site capable of that.
05:09
If he's only 50 feet from the woodline and he's clearing,
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he needs to be 500 feet for many occupied buildings.
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And if it's not near any buildings, then he needs to,
05:29
that's kind of...
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your discretion. If it looks to you like it's sketchy,
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then we're going to need to put it down.
05:38
If it doesn't, if it's not,
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if you think he can do it safely, then that's fine with me.
05:46
All right, Pinslow, that's kind of what I wanted to make sure of.
05:51
I'm trying to get eyes on it now.
05:53
I've got a couple people on scene.
05:55
I'll get back with you here shortly.
05:58
1346.
Police codes explained
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[1]
10-4: Acknowledgment/Affirmative
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Location mentioned:
Near Highland Acres Rd, Vinton, VA 24179
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