Structure fire on Indian Point road escalates to second alarm, Hancock County ME
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Fire & ArsonA structure fire occurred near Indian Point Road in Maine, involving multiple fire departments. Firefighters requested additional water supply and resources as the incident escalated to a second alarm requiring more support.
Audio|Heard on: Mount Desert Island Public Safety
Listen to dispatch call
07:15
Transcript:
00:00
Would you be able to head out to that alarm?
00:03
Make sure I'm able to find the...
00:07
Some confusion on the location of it.
00:11
Okay.
00:13
Okay.
00:20
Indian Point Command, go ahead.
00:37
By harbor fire six command.
00:48
Indian Point, ma'am, go ahead.
01:04
After FireTan, I'm in road to the station.
01:11
Tep4 FireTan in Road to Station.
01:14
The Harbor Control to Indian Point Command on MDI Fire, can you copy me?
01:35
(number withheld)
01:42
Cielcoal station
01:46
535 L-Surf, engine two engine two engine two for a minute
02:04
Engine 2 in beep room.
02:06
By Harper.
02:11
Indian 2.
02:20
Indian Point, Command, go ahead.
02:23
Indian Point Command, go ahead.
02:34
Who do I have responding?
02:42
You have Mount Desert Fire en route to the scene, Tremont Fire in route to the scene.
02:49
Trenton and the Rapid Intervention Team from Eldor should be on their way as well.
03:01
Copy that.
03:02
I need a water supply.
03:04
The roads are a mile long, very tight.
03:10
We only have one engine in here.
03:18
Copy you need a water supply.
03:20
Mount Desert has tanker five in route.
03:23
And engine two from northeast harbour is responding as well.
03:29
Break.
03:30
Control 2.
03:32
Tanker 5 did you copy for harvest traffic? You know water supply established.
03:37
I only have one engine down at the scene.
03:39
Road is fairly long.
03:40
Set back from the road.
03:41
It takes well to get down it.
03:42
Okay,
03:47
4. We copy direct.
03:51
Uh...
03:52
Yeah, we'll figure it out, thanks.
03:58
5-arver from 511 on heavy-eyed fire, I'm in route to Town Hill Station for a tanker going across the press right now.
04:10
Command from Tanker 5, we can be able to get down that driveway?
04:21
Command from Tanker 5, we're going to be able to get down that driveway?
04:50
Tension for Harbor Fire Department, this is a second tone,
04:54
or near Indian Point road.
04:56
That is now a second alarm.
05:00
Have additional resources in route.
05:03
Anybody available for your station coverage or respondentzine?
05:08
Please head in.
05:09
Again, have a second alarm.
05:11
District 2, any near Indian Point road.
05:14
Anybody that is available for system pet the scene or station coverage, please head in.
05:19
He's clear zero three zero three zero zero line.
05:45
Code 5-O-8.
05:47
And 3.
05:53
Step 4. 310.
05:55
The engine 113 is all of us.
06:04
Go at 113. Go at 113.
06:09
Show 113 in route.
06:11
Station 3, station coverage for the island.
06:15
Command 4.
06:24
Control 2, Engine 2.
06:29
Engine 2, go ahead.
06:33
I'm not sure if you were set it to establish water supply.
06:36
The best I can see on the district map I have here, there's a dry hydrant
06:42
further down Indian point near Praesbrook.
06:45
I'm not sure if it's actually Praisbrook or Pawn just before that.
06:49
A little bit past the scene.
06:53
Copy that, is that where I see you want this?
06:58
Not communications with them are incredibly spotty.
07:01
They're having trouble getting out from that location, so I have not heard one way or another.
07:09
Top of that, break.
07:12
In the engine team out desert to Bar Harbor staging.
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Indian Point Rd, Maine
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