8/30/12 - Onondaga field fire, 2600 block of S. Onondaga Rd

Embers stirred up from a previous fire combined with a strong wind worked together to start a field on fire in the 2600 block of S. Onondaga Rd. on Thursday, August 30, 2012. The Onondaga Fire Department was dispatched at 2:25 PM. Within minutes command was requesting mutual aid from neighboring departments as the fire was being pushed through tall grass and brush. The Leslie Fire Department was requested to assist with 2 grass rigs, the Eaton Rapids Township Fire Department was requested for 1, and the Mason Fire Department was requested to respond with a tanker. A total of 5 grass rigs worked the field while Onondaga Tanker 1262 took a position along the road to stop the fire as it approached and refill the off road vehicles as they came out. It took about 55 minutes to bring this fire under control.