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West Michigan Fire, EMS & Police Calls – October 20, 2026

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934 calls were logged in West Michigan on Oct. 20: 512 police calls, 192 EMS calls, 104 crashes, 54 fire calls, 12 hazard calls, 58 other traffic calls and 2 other calls. The busiest towns were Grand Rapids (273), Holland (87) and Wyoming (71). Among them: grass/brush fire on Lakeshore Drive in Port Sheldon Twp, structure fire on Kalamazoo Avenue SE in Gaines Twp and structure fire on Kalamazoo Ave in Caledonia.

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Top calls on Oct. 20

  1. Grass/brush fire on Lakeshore Drive, Port Sheldon Twp

    As dispatched: Possible brush fire at boat launch, 4-foot flames and white smoke, east side of roadway. Crews were on the call for about an hour.

  2. Structure fire on Knapp Street Northeast, Grand Rapids

    As dispatched: Smoke coming from the top of the building, no smoke inside, evacuating. Crews were on the call for about an hour.

  3. Structure fire on Hoffman Drive, Grand Haven

    As dispatched: Out of this freezer. Crews were on the call for about an hour.

  4. Structure fire on Winter Pine Way, Jenison

    As dispatched: House smoking, possible electric issue. Crews were on the call for about an hour and a half.

  5. Structure fire on Winterpine Way, Park Twp

    As dispatched: House is smoking. Crews were on the call for about an hour.

Calls by town on Oct. 20

The day's bigger calls

  1. Oct 20 Injury crashCrash Holland · I-196 westbound & M-48 July vs. Dodge Durango, unknown how many hurt cleared · 2 min
  2. Oct 20 Injury crashCrash Holland Semi vs. Dodge Durango cleared · 1 hr 22 min
  3. Oct 20 Carbon monoxide alarmHazard Caledonia · 7600 block of Thornapple River Dr SE Caledonia Twp Fire · Caledonia Twp Fire on scene about 10 minutes. cleared · 20 min
  4. Oct 20 Injury crashCrash Zeeland · Homestead Dr & eastbound I-196 Busine Motorcyle crashed cleared · 20 min
  5. Oct 20 Carbon monoxide alarmHazard Plainfield Twp · 2800 block of Northville Dr NE Plainfield Twp Fire · Plainfield Twp Fire on scene about 10 minutes. cleared · 17 min
  6. Oct 20 Hit-and-run crashCrash Grand Rapids · 700 block of Turner Ave NW Grand Rapids Police Department
  7. Oct 20 HazmatHazard Walker · 4000 block of Carrington Dr NW Walker Fire cleared · 34 min
  8. Oct 20 Structure fireFire Gaines Twp · 10000 block of Kalamazoo Avenue SE Smoke showing, Kent County request cleared · 2 min
  9. Oct 20 Structure fireFire Caledonia · 1800 block of Kalamazoo Ave Lots of smoke coming from home, just east of Kalamazoo and 100th cleared · 2 min
  10. Oct 20 Grass/brush fireFire Port Sheldon Twp · 7000 block of Lakeshore Drive Possible brush fire at boat launch, 4-foot flames and white smoke, east side of roadway cleared · 2 min
  11. Oct 20 Hit-and-run crashCrash Grand Rapids · US-131 southbound In S-curve Grand Rapids Police Department
  12. Oct 20 Injury crashCrash Wright Twp · 15300 block of 8th Ave Occurred after midnight on the 10/18 *phone call only cleared · 57 min

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