Vehicle Fire, Endangering

Friday, June 25, 2010 at 10:00 PM.

Dispatch received a report of a backhoe on fire possibly endangering a haystack.

Dispatch had a general location of MP 14 on State Road 23 and dispatched units from Station 110 (Mendon).

Law enforcement officers arrived in the area and an updated address of 4600 North SR 23 was transmitted.  The fire was east of that location towards agricultural property.

With the updated address available dispatch paged Station 50 (Newton) to this incident, that address is in Newton’s first-due response area.

Engine 110 arrived at the updated coordinates and continued along the farm road to attack the fire.  Engine 50, Brush 51, Tender 50 and Brush 110 staged just off SR 23 at 4600 North to be near the scene in case additional water was needed for suppression or possible extension to  the haystack that was reported to be endangered.

No additional water was needed, all units cleared after Engine 110 had controlled and overhauled the vehicle fire.