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Railroad Caused Grass Fires
How many of you have experienced a majour grass fire that was caused by a hot wheel on a railroad car. We had one that set fires in four regions and required a turn out of seven departments because of the distance between al the fires that occured.
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Permalink Reply by Norm Tindell on
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Bet the Indianapolis FD wishes they'd parked their stick on a bridge...
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Permalink Reply by Lt. Shane Peterson on
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We have those every once in awhile around here as well.
Also we have had them along highways from cars dragging something that throws sparks all over. A few years ago there was about a 2-3mile stretch along US131 that was on fire caused by a car dragging a muffler.
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Yea your right now that you are jogging my memory. Now that I think about I believe we did send a grass rig out there.
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Permalink Reply by Paul Dudan on
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Great tip, its a method we have been forced to use on a few occasions.
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Permalink Reply by Brent Allen on
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Happens all the time here in our county, in central west texas just another normal summer.
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Permalink Reply by Just Plain Craig Moyer on
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The largest fire I ever been to in 30 years was caused by a train. I didn't realize how big it was until we got called to a tire pile fire and the engine in front of us was from another county... I beleive it ended being 35 departments from 4 states. I heard a station in Newark DE being covered by Robert Fulton...People were like "were the hell is Robert Fulton" I told them Lancaster County PA...a 45 min to an hour ride.
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Permalink Reply by FETC on
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Seen them before, will see them again. The largest was approximately 10-15 miles off and on with grass, brush and duff fires from a brake that seized, throwing alot of sparks. That was 30-40 town response with brush units.
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Permalink Reply by Roy Walker on
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Thanks for the replies guys. My point was just what seems to have come out here, just how big a fire it can be in a relatively short time frame and of coarse how hard it may be to access. I was anxious to see how many were aware of the magnitude of this problem and just how many resources may need to be utilized in a short time frame. Also some good points on operating close to rail road corridors.
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Permalink Reply by Allen Ray Corey j.r. on
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Every year we have 5+
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Permalink Reply by Todd Seaney on
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we get several of these a year. Usually in bunches over a few weeks. the only railroad line in left in the county goes through three fire districts and when we get one fire along a track we usually have all three departments out before its over. Most of the time we in dispatch call the train company as soon as we get the first fire and try to get the train stopped. Our tracks run along RT 33 in Crawford County from Palestine IL to Oblong IL.
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