Medical evacuation planned near March Creek fire, Crook County OR


Emergency responders are seeking a landing zone near March Creek fire to perform a medical evacuation for a patient. Deer hunters have entered a restricted closure area and need to be evacuated for safety.
Audio|Source: Deschutes, Crook, Jefferson counties Fire / EMS
02:46
Transcript:
00:00
I'm in on the 8-11 road and not seeing anywhere that's looking like an LZ to me.
00:06
Do you have a better location than just the GPS coordinates?
00:15
Negative. It's basically looks like a crossroads there with the main road you're out of it on and a spur road, possibly 800 or possibly 599 Spore Road that depends on which app you're looking at. But all I can see is just looks like an open area and the GPS coordinates.
00:36
Roger that, I think I see what you're talking about.
00:44
Mapping it shows it as spurrow of 599.
00:52
Copy 599. And to send them up to the March Creek fire.
01:01
We got great white deer hunters that moved back into the closure area.
01:26
Yeah, it's not to investigate, it's to have them evacuated closer and move back in here.
01:35
I'm going to make contact with them to tell them so many degrees.
01:40
If they don't, send them up.
01:58
dispatch 771 off three.
02:03
771.
02:05
771.
02:07
Do you know how far the patient is from the location marking count?
02:18
The location of the landing zone?
02:20
From where the patient is now, is that what you're asking?
02:24
Negative, uh, break, you can show it's at 771 on scene.
02:33
Copy, can we update coordinates to your location?
02:40
A-Firm.
02:45
1342.
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Crook County, OR
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