Vegetation fire controlled near Dulles airport runway, Dulles VA
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Fire & ArsonAccording to the dispatch call, fire crews responded to and controlled a vegetation fire near the north end and runway 19 center approach at Dulles International Airport. They coordinated equipment and planned debris removal using a sweeper to clear aircraft shards from the runway.
Audio|Heard on: Loudoun VA Public Works Group Calls
Listen to dispatch call
02:26
Transcript:
00:00
Hey, I'm going to make sure all the fire apparatus gets out of the vegetation.
00:04
And if you don't need anything else, we'll be going.
00:08
Looks pretty good up here on the north end.
00:10
Yep, I appreciate your health today.
00:11
Thank you.
00:12
Yes, sir, I got...
00:13
Well, I got...
00:15
I got one...
00:17
Well, I got two fire trucks still in vegetation.
00:19
I just need to make sure you get that out.
00:21
All right, Roger, I need a sweeper afterwards for the runway when you get a chance.
00:25
Well, I can go, you want a sweeper or a vacuum? It's going to be small shards of the aircraft on the runway.
00:31
Which one do you think would be better?
00:33
Well, I'd rather pick it up than try to sweep it.
00:36
If it's not that big, I'll just bring a vacuum for you.
00:41
All right, meet up with Jim out there and make a determination, please.
00:45
Uh,
00:46
okay, what's he in? Ops what? He's in Opside.
00:50
I'll let him call you, okay?
00:51
Sir?
00:54
Uh... I'm a long way from a vacuum.
00:58
Hey, I'm here with the extinguisers too.
01:01
Are they needed or not?
01:02
I don't think so.
01:05
Up here on the north end,
01:08
fires out and the two fire trucks working their way to the west,
01:14
I think,
01:15
just about got it.
01:19
Sam, Ops 5?
01:21
Yes, sir.
01:23
Hey, what's your location?
01:25
Sitting up here west of the light lane in the USDA field by the fire truck sitting in the middle of the field.
01:35
All right, copy that.
01:36
When you get done, when you get done with that,
01:39
just in a little while, no rush.
01:40
Just come meet me up here at the Runway 19C approach.
01:49
Jim, I trust you.
01:50
Do you want a sweeper or a vacuum?
01:54
It looks likely going to be a sweeper.
01:56
Jeff and I picked up a lot of the big pieces,
01:59
but I think it's going to be a sweeper.
02:02
No worries.
02:05
How fast you want to return that runway? Do you want me to go south now?
02:11
Yeah, you can go and have it ready.
02:13
I'm not sure when we're going to need it.
02:16
It's going to be a while, I think.
02:18
Well, if it's going to be a while, I'd much rather sit here and make sure this fire truck gets out, and then I'll go get your sweeper fired up.
02:25
All right, copy that.
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This transcript is automatically generated by AI from live dispatch audio. Dispatch communications may include background noise, overlapping speakers, or rapidly evolving situations, and automated transcription may not capture all details or context.
Location mentioned:
Dulles International Airport (IAD), 1 Saarinen Cir, Dulles, VA 20166
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