At approximately 14:15 hours Station 35 and
Station 34 (Martins Corner) ambulance were
dispatched to the 300 block of South Sandy Hill
Rd for a trash fire. Units responded quickly as
we were wrapping up from an accident with
entrapment that we had just cleared. Upon
arrival, Utility 35 and Assistant 35 (Ziegler)
were met with a moving field fire with exposures
to a barn and horse shed. Assistant 35
established Sandy Hill Command and instructed
the Utility to go high on the fire to cut off
the spread. Brush 35-2 handled the lower end and
exposure problem of the barn while the Engine
provided a water supply and acted as the Command
Post. The fire was started by the owner who was
burning a debris pile and it spread in the dry
grass to an area about an acre in size. Crews
knocked down the fast moving field fire and we
then tasked with overhauling the numerous other
large debris piles that became involved in
fire. During the incident Station 34 was asked
to stand-by on their station.
Units on scene: Utility 35, Brush 35-2, Engine
35 and 34 Ambulance
