Small wildfire reported near Joseph State Airport, Joseph OR


Fire crews and a helicopter responded to multiple reports of smoke near Joseph State Airport. They found a small wildfire in the upper one-third area near the legal location 2 North 42 East Section 8. Firefighters checked the area for activity and confirmed it was the same incident as previously observed. No arson or criminal intent was mentioned.
Audio|Source: Wallowa County Public Safety
06:25
Transcript:
00:00
Okay, this is helicopter 3-2 November, how do you do.
00:04
Were you able to leave, we found smoke in your area, are you by chance, en route in 531? We have three Ligrande dispatch on settlepute.
00:19
The allow for 515.
00:21
Any Elton unit station four on the ground?
00:25
Contact and what do you want?
00:26
So you believe that's 5515 so we call this now.
00:32
I'm just going to look at one.
00:33
You guys have any beans from us? I'm thinking like to look at in the area.
00:37
We got a budget but no fire funded.
00:39
We'd have a pretty use.
00:41
It's talked about between the Dipsite and the fire would be pretty quick.
00:44
But we're out of Price Valley, so we go to Joseph Airport or the Grand or back to our base.
00:50
We just flew on the top view.
00:52
We're going to go hover over to double check that it's the same incident.
00:58
It's a little way off here.
00:59
Do you have any kind of easy?
01:03
13 November, LeGrand on the Grand Air.
01:05
The name we've documented 6-515.
01:07
Now, Camry will confirm that F1 is 554.
01:14
Okay.
01:15
13 November, LeGrand, Copy, confirmed incident is 515.
01:19
completed with our fire zone reunions that's going to on the future.
01:23
Legrand copy, 1044.
01:25
7472 and 7463 and 7463.
01:28
Please stand by for an instant to respondent, break.
01:31
Incident number 532, reported by detection.
01:35
Fire description is a small smoke in upper one-third.
01:39
Rough legal of two north,
01:42
42E, section 8.
01:44
We would like you to respond using acres as command and red net as tactical.
01:50
Responding resources, please acknowledge.
01:52
74-63 and now to that incident.
01:55
Copy 444-122 copies and can we just copy that legal as 2 North 42 East section 8?
02:08
This is a good copy positive effect.
02:11
This is a good copy.
02:15
I will show you in route. Thank you. Dispatch clear, 1046.
02:17
I'm not where are you guys at right now.
02:18
I'm not where you guys at right now.
02:25
We're not too far, dealer, big, contact on the back point.
02:30
Okay, we're not too far from it.
02:32
We're just on the Charlie Brown about the James Meadows area.
02:38
How do you copy me on popcorn from the human fire?
02:44
A little quiet and grass, but we copy you, how do you copy it?
02:48
Got you loud and clear.
02:49
We'll go with this for as long as I'm on the scene of the fire.
02:53
And just update you, we are beginning,
02:55
following operations on the drag tree, we'll let you know when it's on the ground.
02:58
LaGrand McCalla, Vaughan Acres.
03:00
Crawler-Grant.
03:01
Copy my update about the guard station car.
03:04
that you have completed the check, found no need no smoke and calling fire out.
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Location mentioned:
Joseph State Airport-JSY, 83838 Airport Ln, Joseph, OR 97846
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