Small wildfire sparks concern near Edwina Bridgeport Rd, TN, Newport TN
WildfireBeing alerted to smoke near Highway 73 and Edwina Bridgeport Road, fire crews accessed private farmland to contain a small cornfield wildfire with limited hotspots and no spread.
Audio|Source: Cocke County Sheriff, Fire, and EMS, Newport Police and Fire
07:44
Transcript:
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Call for Wildland 1, B, enrapped, O.T.
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13.02.
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18402. 18402 being wrapped.
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Here,
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4.
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1302.
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1302.
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For 1864.
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Go ahead.
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I can see smoke.
00:48
I'm on 73 at the Rock Barn, not seeing any cornfield on fire.
00:53
They have any better location.
00:59
He pinged there at 1067 Highway 73.
01:03
He pinged in that middle field back there.
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Copy.
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Central Road to be on route code 10.
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1303.
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Should be driveway starting down that field there at 1066 where he pinged up.
01:35
Copy on try to see if we can get access to the field back here to it.
01:40
Do you have a lot of smoking area.
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104.
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To 64.
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Quiet.
02:01
The foot. Then cornfield is there on Edelander Bridgeport, back behind the three lines.
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Record.
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Record cable radio.
02:22
72 Ben Route P.O.B.
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Central. Chris,
02:32
it may be them field back behind the treasline there on Edwana Bridgeport.
02:40
God, yeah, I'm trying to make my way back towards the Atlanta Bridgeport now so we can get access that away.
02:53
Sunita, you're on a UMass channel.
03:18
Central Shoke County Fire Service Truck 1 in the area.
03:21
We took Mantoo's Road to see if we can get access to the field.
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1306.
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Been route to Old Beach Central.
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Buckler.
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1842, Bill and seen,
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not a very large fire at this time.
03:48
Come back down right past the Rock Barn and turn up that cornfield.
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306.
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Casler, I don't know if you can get access off of Mantu's, but you can get through the field down here off 53.
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Yeah, we just found out there's no access up Mantoo's.
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We're coming back down.
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The owner is on his way back out to the road to show y'all how to get in here.
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38 responding.
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1842 Central.
04:47
This time, you got a couple small hot spots, no more than 50 to 100 foot in diameter.
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10.4. I copy.
05:07
Okay, is where I'm going to go get another full wheel drive so we can get up in there with you.
05:11
Unable to get it north of my car.
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10-4[1]. We jumped across the field.
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If I had an access point, we met the owner halfway up the road.
05:22
Okay.
05:33
You hit on scene, what resources are you needing?
05:39
Once we get a truck up here and put some water on it, we shouldn't need more than that.
05:49
Copy, will we be able to do anything on hand tools?
05:58
I mean, it's not spreading at this point, it's just burning off what's right here.
06:05
Copy that.
06:13
County Fire Central, we're on scene up here.
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We made it through the field.
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Center.
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8,800 unit on the scene.
06:42
Do I need to turn up Mantooth Hills?
06:47
No, it's before you get to Mantooth Hills, it's the access, the owner sitting down at the road to point you in.
06:53
All right, cop, yeah, it should be easier here in just a few minutes.
06:59
I wouldn't recommend anything plus four drugs.
07:06
Eric Allen.
07:13
Have all, let me get a turn around.
07:22
1842, the Wildland one, you'll find, they're access.
07:31
Yeah, I'm about down here to the cornfields now.
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10-4[1], when you come up through here, you'll see my car sitting there.
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Come to this one over here to your left.
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10-4: Acknowledgment/OK
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TN-73 & Edwina Bridgeport Rd, Tennessee 37821
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