tahoe; fire @ 16 Jul 2007 09:25 am by Seth
Here are some excerpts of 911 calls to the California Highway Patrol’s Truckee office June 24, as the Angora fire began to burn near South Lake Tahoe. The first call was at 2:02 p.m.2:02 p.m.
Dispatcher: 911.
Male: Yeah — uh — I’m on the golf course. It’s — uh — Lake Tahoe Country Club, and we can see smoke coming off the mountain to the west of us.
Dispatcher: Uh-huh.
Male: Slide Pole Peak?
Dispatcher: Yeah. Yeah, they’re doing a control cq burn there.
Male: OK.
Dispatcher: OK.
Male: Thank you. Sorry to bother you.
2:11 p.m.
Male: OK, have you — have you had a report of a forest fire — uh
– north of Highway 50 right at Meyers?
Dispatcher: Right at Meyers?
Male: Yeah.
Dispatcher: Well, I had — had a report of a –
Male: Three-quarters of a mile up the hill.
Dispatcher: Up — up the hill. Yeah, I did. Yeah, that’s . . .
Male: Are you . . .
Dispatcher: That’s a control burn.
Male: OK.
Dispatcher: Thank you. All right, bye.
Male: You bet.
2:11 p.m.
Dispatcher: Nine-one-one, CHP.
Male: Yes, I am — uh — on the ninth hole of the golf course looking at — uh — (inaudible) there’s a fire up there, looks like it’s part of the upper Truckee up there.
Dispatcher: Oh, OK. Yeah, I’ve been hearing about that. Thank you.
Male: OK, not a problem.
Dispatcher: All right, bye. Uh-huh. Well, I’m going to go ahead . . .
2:11 p.m.
Dispatcher: 911, CHP.
Female: Hi — um — we’re coming down — uh — Echo Summit, and I’m seeing white smoke on the side of . . .
Dispatcher: Uh-huh, is that by the airport? That’s a control burn.
Female: OK, good. All right. Thank you.
Dispatcher: OK, thanks.
Female: Bye-bye.
2:11 p.m.
Dispatcher: 911, CHP.
Female: Yeah, hi. If you’re coming into Lake Tahoe from Nevada, coming in the back way.
Dispatcher: Uh-huh.
Female: Well, uh.
Dispatcher: There’s a fire by the airport.
Female: It — it is a fire.
Dispatcher: By the airport? You see a lot of smoke?
Female: I do not (inaudible).
Dispatcher: Or the golf course?
Female: But we saw a lot of smoke (inaudible).
Dispatcher: It’s the control burn, I’m pretty sure, so we’re checking on it now.
Female: It’s a control burn?
Dispatcher: I’m pretty sure, yeah.
Female: OK.
Dispatcher: OK?
Female: Bye.
Dispatcher: Thank you. OK.
2:12 p.m.
Dispatcher: 911, CHP.
Female: Hi, there’s — has someone called in a fire over in Meyers?
Dispatcher: Oh, OK. Yeah, we’ve got a bunch of reports on it. Thank you.
Female: Do you know what the story is with that? I live over there.
Dispatcher: Oh, you — well, I’m not sure. Yeah, I’m trying to get through to fire to verify if it’s a control burn or not.
Female: OK.
Dispatcher: OK, thank you.
Female: Bye.
2:12 p.m.
Dispatcher: Oh, it’s unbelievable. Yeah. In . . . 911, CHP.
Male: Hi, I hope I’m not clogging the emergency lines. Do you know about the fire that’s just starting out in Meyers?
Dispatcher: Yes, I do.
Male: OK, thank you.
Dispatcher: Thank you.
Male: Bye.
Source: California Highway Patrol
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