Possible Brush Fire
Alaska Ave SE & Thornapple Dales Dr SE, Caledonia
Timeline
- Possible brush fire on Alaska Avenue across from Valhalla and Thorn Apple Dales
- Brush 75 and Engine 71 dispatched to brush fire on Alaska Avenue Southeast across from Valhalla and Thornapple Dales
- Brush 75 on scene; 30 by 30 foot unattended brush fire, Brush 75 establishing command
- Engine 71 instructed to follow Brush 75's hose line for positioning
- Command staging two personnel (one black helmet, one yellow helmet) as medically qualified standby
- Engine 72 stretching a 50-foot 3-inch hose line and beginning to fill Engine 71 (water shuttle operation)
- Command confirming Engine 72 positioning on the same access road as Engine 71 for water shuttle operation
- Engine 72 will feed Engine 71 with a 3-inch hose line for water shuttle operation
- Engine 72 running low on water; continuing shuttle operation
- Engine 72 nearly empty; crews to return for refill when tank is depleted, with Engine 33 to shuttle water back to the scene
- Engine 72 heading back for refill; crews arranging for tank to be filled on arrival
- Engine 72 tank is full; crew asking command if they're needed back at the scene
- Engine 72 cleared from the scene; brush fire call concluded
- Engine 72 command has set up a water fill site across from the fire station for Engine 71
- Fire confirmed out; all Caledonia units clearing the scene