Large brush fire burns hay field near Tractor Supply, Orange VA
A large brush fire is burning a field with multiple hay bales near James Madison Highway close to Tractor Supply. Various fire and EMS units are responding, and forestry resources with a dozer are being dispatched to the scene to contain the fire.
Audio|Source: Orange County Fire and EMS
04:11
Transcript:
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Box 2300[1] for a brush fire near James Madison Highway, Tractor Supply, and to company 25 second tones operating on incident one.
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Box 2300[1] for a brush fire near James Madison Highway, Tractor Supply and to company 25 second tones operating on incident one, 1430.
00:22
All right from brush 23.0B.
00:25
Go ahead.
00:29
We have a large field on fire with multiple hay bales along with multiple rows of hay on fire.
00:40
Director, I have a large field on fire with multiple hay bales and a large field on fire, 1432.
00:48
Forge to command.
00:52
Go ahead.
00:53
This will make you aware. We have Forestry headed out that way here shortly.
00:59
Copy. Tell them to be a dozer.
01:04
Stratford.
01:09
Command from Tanker 23.
01:11
I've got the medic crew out here.
01:13
Do you want them in lay or do you want to just hold them out here?
01:18
I've already told them the stage out there once.
01:26
We're approaching with four personnel, two rakes and a blower where you want to.
01:35
Stayed at the entrance.
01:39
If you can get lines around what you got down there,
01:44
it's large and it's moving fairly decent.
01:50
Orange Press 24 is on scene, break, command, where would you like us?
01:56
Back in the field.
01:59
There should be someone down there.
02:02
If not, we'll send somebody out there to get you.
02:07
We're direct for making entry in the field.
02:14
Rush 24, make sure the guy that's leading you in comes back down here to lead the next unit, Sam.
02:22
We're direct.
02:28
Anchor 23 from the support 23.
02:30
The guy that brought us in is coming back out on a tractor to bring somebody else back where we are.
02:42
Say that again, there's nobody out here with me.
02:48
There's a guy coming back out of farmhand on a cabota tractor, he's just leaving us on his way back to bring the brush trucks back here.
02:58
Yeah,
03:00
okay.
03:01
Steve, is that he leading in, Brush 24?
03:09
Okay, we're directed. It'll take the guy a few minutes to get back to you.
03:17
Addison Brush 3 to Orange.
03:20
Go ahead and move your traffic to incident one please.
03:27
Addison Brush 3 is responding.
03:31
Director, I have you responding, 1437.
03:37
Orange, Comfort attend to respond.
03:40
Director, I have you responding, 1437.
03:48
Support 23 to brush 24.
03:53
Brush 24 answer.
03:58
When you get over to do the field that's burning, come straight in front of the support.
04:03
I want you to take the head of the fire just on the other side of the support.
04:09
We're direct. Go past the support and take the head of the fire.
Police codes explained
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[1]
Box 2300: Box alarm/assignment identifier for the incident
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Location mentioned:
Near James Madison Hwy, Orange, VA 22960
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