Grass fire spreads near mile marker 58 on Kansas Turnpike, Butler County KS
WildfireFire crews responded to a spreading grass fire near mile marker 58 on the Kansas Turnpike. Multiple brush units and tenders along with mutual aid from nearby departments were requested. The fire threatened to spread into dry cornfields. Traffic control units were on scene to manage the situation.
Audio|Source: Butler County Area Sheriff, Police, EMS and EMA
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Transcript:
00:00
can we switch apparatus from El Dorado to a brush unit and a tender, please?
00:05
Go ahead and get Benton and Tawanda started with brush units.
00:13
We're paging Benton and Tijuana now.
00:16
I will update Eldorado fires to a tender.
00:24
Thank you. Yeah, if they were responding an engine, we need to have brush units of the engine.
00:30
And we're all on a know.
00:38
On 6114.
00:43
She's 107 for a minute.
00:48
She's 107 for a minute.
00:51
Okay, we're having here you added to the left assist.
00:58
The update the mutual aid from an engine to a sender.
01:06
Hello, a road march now forward.
01:12
Can you repeat your traffic?
01:20
Yeah, I would probably have to go ahead and set it. I think Andover also requested a grass rig for a mutual aid in Andover at Mono Parker 58.
01:34
10-4[1]? 10-4, do you want us to go to the grass fire?
01:41
Yeah, if you'll start for the lift assist and then have the next truck start for the grass fire, 558.
01:52
If possible.
01:58
I understand one each.
02:02
To wander right now.
02:06
That's correct. I'm Mark 284. When you advise, be advised. I do have an animal call holding.
02:12
At this time, it'll be fine to wait. It's in reference to racket.
02:19
24 to dispatch. August to dispatch.
02:32
Augustifier, lift assist, 234 Columbia.
02:35
Lift assist, 234 Columbia, timeout, 1409 WXR 375.
02:40
Go ahead, 124.
02:46
Have we been requested for this grassfire as well?
02:50
That's 104. It was coming out while with paging.
02:55
104, go ahead and set it.
02:57
I'll be en route to Columbia.
03:01
104.
03:02
I'm going to mess with all this blockage.
03:11
104, share for 1077.
03:14
7.4.
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723 County, northbound fire gates, center railway railroad road to road.
03:29
2nd 4.
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Command Corsary.
03:38
Command Corsary.
03:55
Go ahead. Okay,
03:58
so,
03:59
of course,
04:00
get one more pickup started.
04:02
We'll do.
04:09
4-4 in route to the station.
04:17
It could be in reference of a raccoon, that's acting strange, the neighbor called it in and advising that they were worried for the homeowners.
04:26
They're already go ahead and clear it.
04:30
10-4[1].
04:35
of these spot fires and they just slowly for sure they got into that taller grass.
04:46
The dispatcher motorway to pick-of-one, we'll be en route.
04:54
We've got a small fire here if it makes it into this dry corn, it's going to take off.
05:03
Joe.
05:09
One of six car four.
05:13
Go ahead.
05:15
Just standby.
05:17
Rush 12 from Car 3, that one you're coming up onto your north rekindled, if you can stop and hit that on your way.
05:30
Well, Hicks, go ahead.
05:36
I've been contacted about one at the Santa Fe Lake Road Firegate.
05:41
You all might take up to go to that first to be the closest for us.
05:46
Yeah, 10-4[1], I'm keeping an eye on that.
05:48
It's a fire that's supposed to that semi. We could have to get that one out first.
05:55
Okay, we're all that you're going to head to the fire gate on Lake Road and start there.
06:04
4.
06:06
Augusta fire, graph fire, mile marker 58, the turnpike, mile marker 58 on the turnpike.
06:14
Time out, 1413 WXR 375.
06:20
1413 WXR 375.
06:26
1413 That,
06:31
show us in route, two on board.
06:37
104, car 3.
06:45
Command also, we've got some KTA traffic control units on the south side working up behind us.
06:53
I understand, thank you.
06:59
Command from Benton Fire, what do you want from Benton?
07:09
Stand by for a second. Car 3 from Command.
07:14
Go ahead, sir.
07:16
Do you think with R2 brush units,
07:19
El Dorado,
07:20
and Augusta,
07:22
and Tawanda, we should be okay, or do you need bitten also, do you think?
07:31
I think we'll be okay. We're gaining on it, and we're just a couple miles south of you.
07:39
Okay, I'm gonna make you operations.
07:51
Okay, the only thing might be, uh, do we have more than just our tender on scene or en route?
08:00
Pick up, uh, excuse me, pick a four, sir, sir.
08:07
Pick up five, you have some background feature 9.
08:16
Pick up Foreston Route,
08:18
Santa Feather Lake Road, Fire Bridge.
08:23
We'll be entering on Santa Fe Lake Road, where would you like us to start?
08:33
Okay,
08:34
either yourself or Augusta, whoever gets here first.
08:37
I need them to attack the fire that's right here about the semi.
08:45
Is this in the northbound or southbound lanes?
08:50
Northbound and we're pretty close to mile marker 62.
08:56
Rush 11 is out of water.
08:59
10-4[1].
09:04
2416
09:08
Elerated 2, just come to South Central Mental Health parking law.
09:14
104, be there in a few.
09:23
Understand, standing by.
09:31
402 to 401 on tag.
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