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Incident Report – 12/26/2022
5844 Harwell Rd, Catawba, NC 28609

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Summary


On December 26, 2022, Bandys Crossroads Volunteer Fire Department responded to a fire incident at 5844 Harwell Rd, Catawba, NC 28609, an open land or field.

The alarm was received at 3:32 PM, 5 suppression personnel arrived at 3:40 PM, the incident was controlled at 4:05 PM, and the last unit was cleared at 4:37 PM. The time to arrive was 8 minutes, the time to control the incident was 25 minutes, and the total incident time was 1 hour, 5 minutes.

The following actions were taken during the incident: incident command, extinguish, and confine fire (wildland).

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Location


Type In front of
Address 5844 Harwell Rd, Catawba, NC 28609
County Catawba County
State NC
City Catawba
Zip Code 28609
Property Use Open land or field
Detector Alerted Occupants Unknown
Hazardous Material Released None

Timeline


  • Alarm

    Alarm received at

  • Arrived

    Arrived at

    Alarm to arrival: 8 minutes

  • Incident Controlled

    Incident controlled at

    Alarm to incident controlled: 25 minutes

  • Last Unit Cleared

    Last unit cleared at

    Alarm to last unit cleared: 1 hour, 5 minutes

Response


Incident Type Brush, or brush and grass mixture fire
Department Station ST1
Mutual Aid Given/Received Mutual aid received
Resources Include Mutual Aid No

Personnel


Support Personnel 5
EMS Personnel 0
Other Personnel 0

Fire Department


Name Bandys Crossroads Volunteer Fire Department
Department Type Volunteer
Address 1611 Buffalo Shoals Rd
Catawba, NC 28609
Phone (828) 241-2111

Actions Taken


First Action Taken Incident command
Second Action Taken Extinguish
Third Action Taken Confine fire (wildland)

Metadata


Incident Key NC_01801_12262022_189776_0
State North Carolina
Fire Department ID 01801
Incident Date 12/26/2022
Incident Number 189776
Exposure Number 0
NFIRS Version 5.0

Wildland Report

Location


Area Type Rural, including farms >50 acres

Fire Cause


Wildland Fire Cause Misuse of fire

Human Factors Contributing to Ignition


Human Factor Contributing to Ignition Unconscious

Factors Contributing to Ignition


Factor Contributing to Ignition Exposure fire
Factor Contributing to Ignition Exposure fire

Heat Source


Heat Source Undetermined

Weather Information


Air Temperature 0

Total Acres Burned


Total Acres Burned 5

Property Management


Tax Paying Acres Burned % 100
Property Management Ownership Tax paying

Person


Person Responsible for Fire Identified person caused fire
Gender Male
Age 30
Activity of Person Involved Construction/maintenance

Right of Way


Horizontal Distance from Right of Way 20 ft
Type of Right of Way Residential street, road or residential driveway

Fire Behavior


Relative Position on Slope Mid Slope
Flame Length 4
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