Fire crews respond to smoke near Highland Knolls Dr, Bakersfield CA
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Fire & ArsonAs discussed during the dispatch call, fire units responded to a possible fire producing black smoke near Highland Knolls Drive and Morning Drive in Bakersfield. Engines 5 and 6 were dispatched and coordinated efforts near Cottonwood and the golf course area. Crews staged in nearby locations to supply water and manage the smoke condition. The situation appeared to be under control, with no mention of injuries or property damage.
Audio|Heard on: Kern County Fire/Bakersfield Fire/USFS
Listen to dispatch call
02:28
Transcript:
00:00
This will be the Watts incident.
00:03
Engine 5 and the next in engine can handle it.
00:07
You can cancel the balance.
00:19
This is a copy.
00:21
Engine five on scene, (name withheld) with engine six out.
00:24
Other units complete.
00:28
This is a copy of engine five on scene, (name withheld) with next to the engine.
00:31
Engine six to continue up.
00:32
Other units complete 1543.
00:36
One.
00:39
Telling you about that one.
00:44
Highland Knolls Drive and Morning Drive, possibly southwest in the hills.
00:49
Sim call received for black smoke in the area.
00:54
I see.
00:57
Who will be the additional engine committed with Engine Five?
01:01
Next in is going to be Engine Six.
01:06
Engine six, company five.
01:10
Engine six.
01:15
We're on Watts now.
01:16
We're going to make our way back over to Cottonwood coming off the general entry on the west side.
01:22
If you all will stage prior to making entrance into the golf course, we might just need you for some water.
01:30
Yeah, just picked up.
01:35
ECC Kern One.
01:42
ECC Unit Six is on scene staged.
01:45
Six and three, sir.
01:46
Two three is complete.
01:57
At downtown terminal near Chester Avenue for a seizure, patient wearing black and gray checkered shirt and a black beanie.
02:10
Company six, I see.
02:14
Go ahead.
02:18
Can you come in off of Watts? We'll use a tank of your water with the red line just to supplement what we've got going on.
02:27
Affirmative.
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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:
Highland Knolls Dr & Morning Dr, Bakersfield, CA 93306
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