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Large cornfield fire near highway 24 and Walsh RoadPottawatomie County KS

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US-24 & Walsh Rd, Wamego Township, KS 66547

Firefighters responded to a large fire in a cornfield near highway 24 and Walsh Road in Pottawatomie County. Multiple fire units and equipment are working to contain the fire in the field. Nearby farming equipment is being moved away from the fire. Law enforcement and local farmers are helping with the response. Tractors and discs are being used to prevent the fire from spreading into other areas.

Audio|Source: Pottawatomie County, KS- Fire 1 (800MHz)
08:12
Transcript:
00:00
George Hyde, you went off and you're going to cornfield on fire, highway, highway 24 in Walsh Road when we did a cornfield on tire, and then you brushed up on the current 16-posted.
00:12
D.
00:13
53, go ahead.
00:14
You can show 53 in-out scene with new TV ever others.
00:17
Time for. Go ahead, 55.
00:19
When you get on scene, if you can have the Sheriff's Office help you deploy the UTV and then meet us on the north end of everything going on closest to 24.
00:27
Brush truck, I want to go it, it's including.
00:29
One to follow that, though.
00:30
Posto brush one, go ahead.
00:31
Show me all clean.
00:32
That's wrong team.
00:33
1-02. Do I want me to go fire?
00:35
Go ahead, 102.
00:36
Is this a field right north of Canterquip or are you further north?
00:39
Correct, it's further north than Canterquip.
00:40
If you follow the smoke line up north to the first turn to go towards the Catholic Church off of that, their road, and if you're right, you'll be us.
00:47
Copy break, 102SO, can you look up last name, Boyce, be a local farmer, see if they have a tractor and a disk in the area? You might try candy clip as well and see if they have anything that they could send us.
01:01
Rush 55 to 102.
01:02
They do have a combine on.
01:04
It looks like they were cutting the field when it's lit up.
01:06
Good copy, but it's not involved at the moment.
01:08
Correct, they're moving it off the field as we arrive.
01:10
Good copy. Yeah, we removed everything that won't me go off with that all right here.
01:15
State George 477-104.
01:17
Fresh 55 to 102.
01:18
Weekend is needed.
01:19
For now, we can stay here.
01:20
Louisville 517 to all incoming units to go to Lusel bombs.
01:24
We'll make a fire one-four-two to go to Lusel 517.
01:27
taught on me to 102.
01:28
I wasn't prepared for all that.
01:29
And you repeat the last name again, and they're looking for tractors, and what else?
01:35
So we last name Boy Ocean Young, Charles Edward.
01:39
I should live North of Wyoming.
01:40
You go here somewhere.
01:41
And then if you could also try Candy Cliffs, you have any tractors with discs that they could stand out?
01:46
Sorry.
01:47
Lewisville Fire to One Mega Fire.
01:48
Go ahead. Sorry I was getting truck started.
01:50
Will you bring out your tanker?
01:52
104 tankers here.
01:53
If you go to law enforcement, it's over here by law enforcement where the edge of the fire is.
01:56
Thank you. Thank you.
01:58
Louisville brush two to potessa.
02:00
I feel brushed too bad.
02:01
Show me in Route 1 on board.
02:03
Some far. Warno 2-5, me, show me on scene.
02:05
Time 5. Louisville 517.
02:06
Tepada, so will you go ahead and show me in command of this fire?
02:09
Noiseful fire, 10-4[1].
02:10
517 to 102 I didn't hear do you have any units from St.
02:14
George in or out?
02:15
517 from 400 rider
02:16
10 4 thanks
02:18
402 if you can cancel on the discs looks like I have one arriving right now
02:22
Yeah, 10-4[1].
02:23
10-4[1]. You just don't want me to try, boys.
02:25
Negative one we got here, should be fine?
02:27
10-4[1]. I'll be fired, Poticeau.
02:34
Okay, go ahead.
02:35
We have one brush truck and a tanker headed that way.
02:38
Time far. Bell, it looks like if you come up, Jen Road, and then West be quickest for you.
02:44
Frank St. George, if you'll come up, Walsh Road there by the Canny Quip and Substation, be closest for you.
02:50
St. George Fire Copy.
02:51
Pottis-O from St.
02:52
George, 404?
02:53
404, go ahead.
02:55
You show brush 404 in route to on board.
02:58
404. 404 in 24.
02:59
4.
03:00
Melvie Tanker 550 in round 41039
03:04
517 to 102
03:05
Go ahead
03:06
Has that fire jumped the road down there or is it still in the field here?
03:11
What I can tell, it looks like it stayed on this side.
03:13
Is it into the tall corn or is it just in the stubble?
03:16
It's, we got to contain to just a stubble now.
03:19
All right, two four, break.
03:20
Well, Amigo's UTV, you want to hit that along the road?
03:22
And please.
03:23
Okay. It has you on the road.
03:24
There's no brush two upon itself.
03:25
The brush team, go ahead.
03:27
Show me on the seat. Brush, too, you want to go ahead and hit that stuff there along the road that they said jumped a little bit.
03:32
524 to 517.
03:34
Go ahead.
Police codes explained
The following codes appeared in the transcript and are explained below:
[1]
10-4: Acknowledgment/Message received

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Location mentioned:
US-24 & Walsh Rd, Wamego Township, KS 66547
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