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Forestry crews monitor wet fire area on Big Hill RoadWatauga County NC

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Big Hill Rd, North Carolina

As discussed during the dispatch call, a forestry unit responded to a fire area near Big Hill Road in North Carolina. Crews reported the ground to be wet with some remaining sparks but no expected spread of the fire.

Audio|Heard on: Watauga County Fire, EMS and Rescue, Boone and Blowing Rock Fire
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00:27
Transcript:
00:00
Forestry 1 to Watauga Tac 2, show me on scene, Big Hill Road.
00:05
Forestry 114.
00:12
(name withheld), we've got good men, it's all pretty wet up here.
00:18
Even the fires are still pretty wetting for the swing, pushing it.
00:22
There will be no problems spreading.
00:25
Still sparking off the ground.

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Big Hill Rd, North Carolina

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Incident Timeline

  1. Discussion of Access and Coordination
  2. Assessment of Fire Conditions
  3. Forestry Unit Arrival on Scene
  4. Initial Coordination Between 2543 and Meekamp Command

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