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Large fire contained in woods near Rankin Lake RoadGastonia NC

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Rankin Lake Rd, Gastonia, NC 28052

Responders were dispatched to a large fire in the woods near Rankin Lake Road in Gastonia, North Carolina. Fire command was established and units contained the fire successfully.

Audio|Heard on: Gaston County Police/Fire/EMS - Primary Channel
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03:33
Transcript:
00:00
Command to E13P, emergency traffic[2], near Rankin Lake Road, cross street, slip drive, follow.
00:07
Seventy and four, twenty-three.
00:10
Ten-four.
00:11
There's one on there.
00:12
Somebody come down to the apartments.
00:16
Fifty-two to seventy-four.
00:18
Go to the apartments form.
00:20
Ten-four.
00:26
76 to 58.
00:29
Go ahead.
00:35
They're going up into the Stanley Square Apartments now.
00:38
If you want to go up to North Main and Watch Street, they're going up that one.
00:41
Fire zero. Press 30 is en route.
00:45
Ten-four.
00:46
First 30, ten-four.
00:52
H-136 on us? H-136.
00:58
I'll be 10-8 from that 1082.
01:00
The city that was saying.
01:02
Okay,
01:04
one.
01:07
52 to 7, are you on 10 yet?
01:14
No, I'm like 2-3 against up.
01:19
I'm riding 4'5 minutes.
01:22
Crash 34.
01:24
Communication in the area, DWI driver, Burger King, near West Arkansas Boulevard.
01:29
It's going to be a subject path to Honda wheel and I started driving in our Red Honda Corps, Boswell 20 to Victor Tom Frank, 1476, as they turned on to Garrison.
01:39
No further communications were 1812.
01:42
Commitney there are in the DWI Drive for Burger King, near West Arkansas Boulevard.
01:47
It's going to be a specific path behind the whistle going to start to drive in our red one core, also 20 to Victor Tom for rank, 1476, as they turn on to garrison.
01:56
You have another communication for their 1812.
01:59
When you get there, go ahead and go down Brookwood Drive all the way down, Brookwood Drive.
02:06
Arriving.
02:09
Large fire in the woods.
02:12
Command establish, we'll be moving to Alpha.
02:14
10-4[1].
02:15
Take-4.
02:17
All units en route to Glen Drive go in the way of the Alpha.
02:22
Squad 30s on scene.
02:24
Timpler.
02:25
Out of PPA, what's your 42 Tom today?
02:29
Bytheke 12 County.
02:32
Fire center, Tanger 30 is respondent.
02:34
Tanger 12.
02:36
108, record, smooth.
02:38
Tancor 30, 104.
02:40
Ten4.
02:41
Ferrer Center to Glen Drive Command.
02:44
Go ahead.
02:46
Ten-four, do you want me to do the work-in, correct call?
02:50
Nice.
02:51
Ten-four, thank you.
02:54
Just in Parliament, F2's been notified, or F-4?
02:57
Ten-four, yes, sir.
02:58
He was direct when to dispatch.
03:00
Be command.
03:05
You're gonna need me to have that way?
03:08
Car one-t12, ten-four.
03:13
64-on-2. Adam units are off-duty, so we'll check on 10-6.
03:18
Call and 72.
03:19
You just hold it for some car.
03:22
F-2, your discretion, can't fire the got a way.
03:27
Copy.
03:28
Is it going to be fairly easy to contain?
03:31
Yes, sir. We've almost got a knock on it now.
Police codes explained
The following codes appeared in the transcript and are explained below:
[1]
10-4: Acknowledgment; message received and understood; affirmative or OK.
[2]
emergency traffic: Restrict the radio channel to urgent, life-safety communications only

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Rankin Lake Rd, Gastonia, NC 28052

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