Lake Carmel (Putnam)- Working Fire 3-5-06

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Date: 3-5-06

Time:1400 hrs

Location: The woods off Bowen Rd.

Frequency:

Units Operating: Lake Carmel, 17-2-3, 17-4-4, 17-3-3, 17-8-1 17-1-1, 17-1-2, 17-1-3, 17-9-5, 17-9-6, Brewtser FD, 11-2-4 (4 wheel drive engine), 11-3-2, 11-1-1 Kent 16-2-1 (4 wheel Mni attack) Carmel VAC 31-7-2 County Car 5 & County Car 8

Description Of Incident:Called in by county car 8, a column of black smoke can be seen unknown location, put Lake Carmel FD on standby until they can find the source. Narrowed it down to a section of woods off Bowen Rd. Drove approx. 1/2 a mile to a mile into woods and found a 20 x 30' hunting cabin fully involved. The trail to get there was snow covered and it was a challenge to get to the scene( helicopter drop would have been easier). Brewster and Kent Fd both have 4 wheel drive engines.

Writer: LCFD968

Edited March 6, 2006 by LCFD968