Brush fire ignited by downed power line on Lunas Creek Hwy, Mineral County WV
WildfireA brush fire started near Lunas Creek Highway in Mineral County, WV, after a tree fell on a power line. Emergency crews and multiple fire units are responding and coordinating water supply to fight the fire. The size of the fire is currently unknown, and authorities are contacting the power company and nearby counties for additional support.
Audio|Source: Mineral County Public Safety and Amateur Repeaters
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Transcript:
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Company 200, your first alert, near Lunas Creek Highway for the brush fire. Company 200, your first alert in the area near Lunas Creek Highway for the brush fire.
00:11
Your first alert, 1,500 hours.
00:18
2635.
00:23
I hear you.
00:24
Okay,
00:25
we just alerted for another brush fire.
00:27
It's from down power line, area near Lunas Creek Highway.
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10-4[1], reach up to C.J.
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Kessner.
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10-4[1].
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202, roll, 9-7, 10-4[1]2.
00:56
We received a phone call that a tree went down on a power line and the power line ignited the brush fire.
01:04
That's received. Do you have an approximate size of this also have you contacted the power company?
01:09
We're on the phone at the power company now.
01:11
We do not have an estimate on size.
01:16
Okay, that's received.
01:19
I believe Petersburg is already out on a rush fire.
01:23
Is Mount Vernon Bayard back in service from the one on the mountain earlier?
01:28
Join Mop.
01:31
Okay, that's safe.
01:33
If you would,
01:35
never mind, I'll find out how big it is. We'll probably reach out to Hardy County and see if more field is available, because I know we're not going to be able to get resources out of Fountain County either.
01:47
Okay.
01:50
Happy to change. Two hundred percent of me. Where are you coming from?
01:56
I am in the Raw Forest Strait right now, headed here all the way.
02:02
Okay,
02:04
you want us to run rush tankers and rush truck first, try to get out there quick.
02:09
I don't think.
02:11
I'm not going to have much water coming until everybody around us is gone.
02:15
Brain call.
02:16
Deputy T's 200.
02:18
Go ahead. Okay, we were just devised, brush 130 and brush 150 are refilling with water and then they'll be available.
02:27
Okay, that's received.
02:30
Go ahead and tell them once they fill up, if they want to go ahead and attach on, that would be fine.
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Ten, four.
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Brush 150 once you refill with water, if you can proceed to the area near Lunas Creek Highway.
Police codes explained
The following codes appeared in the transcript and are explained below:
[1]
10-4: Acknowledgment / Message received
[2]
10-42: End of shift / End of tour of duty
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