Controlled burns confirmed near Pepper Corn Drive, Cabarrus County NC


Fire units responded to reports of a fire in a wooded area near Pepper Corn Drive in Cabarrus County, North Carolina. Upon arrival, they found two small controlled burns but no signs of an uncontrolled or criminal fire. Access was limited by a gate at a driveway near the location. The situation was confirmed safe and units cleared the scene.
Audio|Source: Cabarrus County, Concord, Harrisburg, and Kannapolis Fire Departments
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Transcript:
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Midland Battalion 1, Agent 20.
00:06
Go ahead.
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You'll check out, Midland Road. I'll head toward Pepper Corn.
00:13
Copy that.
00:18
Tower of 40s at the time. We'll go follow you.
00:30
Go ahead.
00:33
I'm on scene at near 3060.
00:36
We don't have any fire here on this side. You can kind of see it through the woods. It might be best access from pepper corn.
00:43
Trying to give a better address if I can for you.
00:47
I'm turning on pepper corn out.
00:53
Bearers, Millim Battalion Battalion One's on scene on Pepper Corn.
00:56
Milling Battalion will be command. What's our option?
01:00
Ten-four is going to be Caberasops 3, Midland.
01:06
Power 40 on change switch.
01:08
Ten-four.
01:14
Power 40 to get Italian one. We've got a little bit of something. We'll go check out.
01:23
Then it's 20 brush ones on site.
01:35
Command the Middle and Card 9.
01:39
Julian.
01:42
If we're you able to locate it through the woods?
01:48
I hadn't located it yet. We're making our way through the woods.
01:51
Looks like we can see one of y'all's trucks through there.
01:57
If we might be Power 40, I'm gonna be down this long driveway right here at near pepper corn.
02:02
Looks like it backs up to it.
02:05
Yeah, that's what I was actually looking at on the overhead map.
02:11
Car9, can you see any flashlights to the woods?
02:16
Yeah, I think that's what we're looking at.
02:19
Tower 42 command, we got two small controlled burn pilots going.
02:27
Yeah, for is that what car nine's seeing?
02:31
What I can tell.
02:42
It's time I can believe.
02:45
Tommy.
02:51
Man, do you want 14 to keep doing?
02:56
Power 40. Are you with it right now? Can you advise?
03:01
I'm with two small...
03:08
14, you can reduce to not emergency. I advise them. Fortin, you can reduce to not emergency. I advise them.
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Part 9 to tell you.
03:22
Go ahead.
03:24
We're not seeing anything in the woods either at this time.
03:29
It might be those control burns.
03:35
There was a gate on the driveway at near pepper corn. I couldn't get through there.
03:44
Part 9, are you with the original caller?
03:50
And where's the fire?
03:54
Not at our location. Like I said, I think we can see what y'all are supposed to be at on the other side.
04:01
And it looks like, he's saying it doesn't look anything like it did earlier. So it may have just been right as they started it up or something.
04:09
Well, Command of Cabarris, you can get the control time, squat, 410, and Forrestra, you can clear.
04:18
Okay, copy, clear.
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In four.
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501, I copy direct.
04:27
You can show me clear.
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Copy 501.
04:36
There seems to all mainland units available.
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