Brush Fire Late Afternoon

Thanks to Phyllis, Ed (pumper), Glenn, Brian, and Lisa.

Sunday Feb 22, about 6pm, Central paged out a 1070 brush fire for Wolfskin FD off Double Bridges Road, called in by a resident of "The Bridges" subdivision. The brush fire itself was north of the subdivision. Crawford FD and Arnoldsville FD were also called out, and as first arrivals CFD was incident command. Forestry was also called but cancelled soon after. From Wolfskin, Brian got there ahead of our pumper and was already busy in the field. He grabbed the booster hose and continued working.

Note: Callers don't always know the geography. Since this was called in from the subdivision, at least some of the engines went down the access road to the subdivision. The fire was actually in a field that could not be accessed from the subdivision road - the field was accessible by a road farther up Double Bridges Road.

Lisa quickly realized this and informed Central - to their credit they quickly paged out the information. This was important since if the wind had been a bit different the fire could have approached the houses while the engines were on the other side!

This is really our only subdivision where houses are built right next to each other.