Thursday June, 2 2011 @ 14:34:53

Nature: Brush Fire Location: Former Dukes Boat Sales Property

Address: 34856 - 34877 Long Neck Rd., Millsboro, DE 19966

On Thursday afternoon, June 2nd, the Indian River Volunteer Fire Company was alerted for a brush fire on Long Neck Road near the former Dukes Boat Sales property. It was reported to be a working alarm.

Second Assistant Chief Ryan Mock responded to the incident location and identified that a large area of the field was involved in the incident with access being required from the former Dukes Property and nearby residential development of Fairfield.

Emergency response units from Station #2 (Long Neck) included: Brush #80-0 and Engine #80-3; while units from Station #1 (Oak Orchard) included: Brush #80-00; Tanker 80, Engine #80-2, and UTV 80.

Each Brush truck was assigned to assess the incident from the various sectors with the apparatus being available for water supply and fire suppression.

UTV 80 is a Polaris T6 all terrain vehicle with a HMA fire suppression system as well as other wild land firefighting equipment.

All units were required to initiate fire suppression and overhaul tasks in order to saturate the affected areas.

Additional information may be obtained by viewing the following webpages:

(1) http://www.wgmd.com/?p=25895

Jun 2, 2011 posted by: Mari Lou-WGMD News

Dry & windy weather keeps fire crews busy

Indian River Fire crews have been called out twice this afternoon for field or brush fires.

The first blaze – just before 1 p.m. involved about 2 acres of farmland off Cannon Road near the Inland Bay Wastewater Facility. The second fire was at 2:30 p.m. in the area of Dukes Boat Sales on Long Neck Road. The drier and windy weather can spread a fire quickly – remember to use your car astray.

(2) http://www.hmafire.com/news.html