Brush Fire at Oaks Landfill on Olney-Laytonsville Rd.
 
By Administrative Mike Russ
March 1, 2025
 

On February 28, 2025, at 10:27pm, Montgomery dispatched Engine 717 for a brush fire at Oaks Landfill, 6001 Olney-Laytonsville Road.
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Caller reporting near the nature trail.
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Engine 717 requesting the brush truck, brush engine, and tanker to start, 10:31pm.
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Brush Engine 717, Brush 717, Tanker 717 dispatched and responding, 10:33pm.
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Engine 717 advising units to come in off the main entrance by Fieldcrest, 10:36pm.
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Engine 717 requesting talk group 7A3 for operations, 10:38pm.
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Engine 717 has 4 acres on fire, going up the hill, 10:38pm.
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Engine 717 has command, Brush 717 and Brush Engine 717 to pump and roll. Engine 717 requesting 2 more brush trucks, 10:42pm.
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Brush 740 and Brush 708 dispatched, 10:44pm.
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Canteen 717 en route, 10:52pm.
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Battalion 705 with command, reports fire out, 12:01am.
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Rescue Squad 717 en route to assist, 12:16am