Grass fire reported near nw 74th street and nw 12th avenue, Medley FL
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Fire & ArsonFire crews responded to a grass fire near the railroad tracks under the overpass by northwest 74th Street and northwest 12th Avenue, Miami-Dade County. The fire was quickly contained using deck guns from fire engines. Additional units were canceled after the fire was confirmed under control.
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07:38
Transcript:
00:00
The 724B advisor coming up on a 10-minute incident time, no units on arrival.
00:06
All right, cop.
00:07
We gotta wait for the person who's taking arrival to give you any kind of a report.
00:13
Copy, just advising.
00:14
If you can show me arrival in the area.
00:20
Copy, arrival in the area.
00:22
We're also arrival in the area attempting to locate.
00:29
7, copy. Arrival in the area attempting to locate.
00:36
Battalion 5, can you check with the callback to try to get a better area,
00:42
whether it's going to be on the east side of 12th Avenue or the west side?
00:51
Battalion finds a call came in anonymously.
00:53
There's no call back.
00:59
Copy.
01:01
Battalion 5, I copy.
01:06
203040 County.
01:17
Engines to arrive on the area that's up there to locate.
01:23
To copy.
01:27
Metallion 5 to engine two, engine two.
01:32
Go ahead, Chief.
01:35
See if you can check that first business there on the west side of 12th Avenue, I believe is near 74th Street.
01:43
It looks like there might have been some light smoke coming from that yard or the business just to the south.
01:50
But start there on 74th Street.
01:55
Andrew, do I copy.
01:57
There's two large dogs just on the other side of this fence.
02:06
If I have I copy.
02:10
Andrew, too, we're going to attempt to look at the business located south.
02:18
Copy, I think we're going to have to get back on 12th Avenue and go over the bridge to gain access to that side.
02:27
Engine 2, I copy, I believe.
02:31
Engine 7 was just on the other side.
02:35
Engine 7.
02:37
As we're driving over the 12-at bridge, we could see it on the right side to the east of the bridge.
02:50
The 10-4[1] right one here.
02:54
west side of the bridge.
03:01
Battalion 527, I copy.
03:02
Day County, you can go ahead and show Battalion 5 command for now.
03:08
Botanic 5, copy command.
03:14
Battalion 4.
03:16
Go ahead, Battalion 4.
03:20
You want me to check the east side of the bridge arrow?
03:23
If you can check on the south side of the bridge,
03:28
on the west side of 12th Avenue.
03:30
I was heading that way now.
03:32
It's a light haze and it does smell like a grassfire.
03:38
I copy, making my way there.
03:42
Engine 7, it's west of the bridge on the north side of the track.
03:47
Looks like a grass fire.
03:53
Command 2, Engine 7, I copy.
03:58
Yeah, I have eyes on it.
04:00
It is a grassfire.
04:05
Day County, we could hold with Engine 2 and Engine 7 and myself for now.
04:13
Copy Engine 2, Engine 7, Battalion 5.
04:23
Attention all units in route and arrival in northwest 74th Street, northwest 12th Avenue.
04:28
It's going to be a hold for Engine 2, Engine 7, Battalion 5.
04:31
All the units can cancel to switch back to your base frequency.
04:35
Command.
04:39
Go for Command.
04:42
Command, I saw the engine 19, who was dispatched on east to reference a grassfire near northwest 72nd Street.
04:49
Can you confirm that's going to be related?
04:53
Yeah, it's going to be related.
04:54
We could cancel 19.
04:58
Thank you.
05:01
Engine 2 to command.
05:06
Go ahead, engine two.
05:10
We've located the fire theory, just on the north side of the track,
05:15
just behind this building at the initial location.
05:21
Okay, do you guys have access to it from your location?
05:29
It's going to be a far stretch, but yes, we do have access.
05:35
All right, if you want, just hold off for now.
05:38
Engine 7 is going to try to hit it with their deck gun on top from where they're at on top of the bridge.
05:44
They have a pretty good vantage point there.
05:49
Engine 2, I copy. I see them.
05:50
They're putting water on the fire now.
05:58
Command to Engine 2.
06:02
Go ahead, come in.
06:06
Was your best access going to be from that business near northwest 74th St.
06:14
Yeah,
06:15
that's going to be the best access.
06:17
It's just going to be kind of on the backside of that where it goes underneath the overpass.
06:23
Engine 7 has the pulse have been knocked down.
06:25
We're just going to grab a water can and see if we can mop up.
06:31
Okay, so you don't have to go through that warehouse or that yard to get to it, correct?
06:39
That's correct.
06:40
It's just around the side of it to the east.
06:44
All right, copy that.
06:52
Engine 7, engine 2.
06:54
We got about a quarter tank left if you guys need more water.
07:01
Engine 7, I copy.
07:03
We're gonna grab some hooks if we can't move the ground around a little bit and then we'll put some more water.
07:12
Copy.
07:18
Command to Engine 7, go ahead and see if you can locate a hydrant, fill up,
07:24
and get back up to that location in case we have to hit it again with your deck on.
07:31
Rescue 7, copy.
07:36
I mean Engine 7.
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10-4: Acknowledgement (Copy)
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Location mentioned:
NW 74th St & W 12th Ave, Medley, FL 33166
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