Fire crews contain wildfire near Maple Island and Garfield roads, Newaygo County MI


Fire crews are working to contain a wildfire in a field near Maple Island and Garfield roads in Oceana County, Michigan. They have established wet lines around the fire and are monitoring flare-ups. A rehab trailer has been requested to support the crews.
Audio|Source: Oceana County Fire and EMS Dispatch
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Transcript:
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Baldwin 51 from 1902
00:05
Glad sir
00:10
If you can, you'll have to go into town,
00:14
come in off from the east side. Go into town in Maple Island South, grab airfield,
00:19
and you'll run into the firetruck.
00:21
Okay, I'm one mile out from the station, so I gotta get loaded up, then I'll be out there.
00:32
No problem, we're making headway now.
00:34
I think we got a good wet line around it.
00:37
When you come in from the east, we'll have you park on the gravel road 200 on low there and tie in on Garfield on the north-west corner and put a line around her.
00:48
Okay, I'll tie in when I get there.
00:52
1020, Maple Island, DeGarfield, coming in from east.
00:57
Okay.
01:03
601 from 1902.
01:06
What?
01:08
How are we looking? I think we got a good wetline around her now.
01:19
Yeah, we'll just have to keep an eye on it. We've got some spots that are a little bit,
01:24
flaring up, but not much.
01:27
Are you right there by your Jeep?
01:30
I'm over by Fremont's Jeep.
01:36
Can you have them, if you're right there by them, jump back over to this south, uh...
01:43
South East Corner.
01:46
That's starting to spark back up. I had no smoke over there, but it's starting again.
01:51
The corner was that?
01:55
No,
01:58
never mind, I think Walkerville might have caught that.
02:01
Scratch app.
02:03
Keep her your app.
02:10
1902 from 601.
02:13
Go ahead, 601.
02:16
Hey, you get a hold of Central and tell them to get the rehab trailer out here, with you?
02:22
Yeah, I can.
02:25
Then I can.
02:29
Yeah, I want to go ahead and do it.
02:35
Central from 601.
02:42
Central from 601. 601, go ahead.
02:51
So can you tone out the rehab for us? Have them come out here on the Scarfield, 200 fire please.
02:59
It's going to be just a moment.
03:01
Thank you.
03:06
601 from 19.02.
03:21
1904, or 1902,
03:25
604. Good.
03:31
We came to the north side of Garfield and drove this cornfield.
03:36
There's nothing.
03:37
We talked to the deputy and he said somebody drove through with their truck and it kicks up a lot of dust, so we're thinking that was probably the potential smoke they were seen.
03:46
Hello.
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Location mentioned:
N Maple Island Rd & E Garfield Rd, Dayton Township, MI 49421
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