Fire and EMS assist with patient lift at Oakdale Drive, Boone NC
Medical EmergencyFire and EMS units responded to a location near Oakdale Drive for a patient lift assist. Helicopter crews coordinated a landing on a nearby soccer field, noting hazards including power lines and bleachers near fire trucks.
Audio|Source: Watauga County Fire, EMS and Rescue, Boone and Blowing Rock Fire
02:31
Transcript:
00:00
Target Station 2, near Oakdale Drive, lift assist.
00:10
How would you copy engine 2 now?
00:14
Engine 2, 1040.
00:22
Command, Jackson County, LZ[1] Command.
00:24
This is Mama 2 calling on LZ[1] West.
00:32
LZ[1] Command. Go ahead, Mama, tell you.
00:37
Good evening, sir.
00:39
We're several minutes out from your landing zone. I wonder to give us a description along with a list of any hazards for saying.
00:50
We're going to be landing you on the soccer field.
00:55
I'm going to try my best to find some lights for you.
00:59
On the side of the trucks, on the wood lines, there is some power behind trees.
01:05
And we've got some bleachers here below one of the five trucks. If you'll just land out towards some scenery.
01:11
Y'all get your work on the ones coming in all soon.
01:16
So your transmission is fairly broken.
01:20
I believe I understood that we're going to be landing on a soccer field and you have some power lines that run near the wood line.
01:27
And yes, sir, Mama 1 will be landed. This will be Mama 2 and Mama 1. Mama 2 several more minutes out.
01:39
Okay, how about now? You're chopping?
01:42
Yes, sir, that sounds better. Go ahead with your landing zone description, one with a list of any hazards.
01:50
Okay, we're going to be landing on the soccer field below the two fire trucks.
01:54
On the opposite side, there are power lines and trees on the opposite side of the field from the fire trucks.
02:00
And we're going to try to get some cones and mark both ends.
02:04
We were rushed to get here, but we're going to try to mark both ends.
02:08
And then y'all do, we have had both of y'all land here at the same time before.
02:16
All right, good copy on that. Thank you for that clear transmission. We're going to do several orbits over your location,
02:24
and then we'll see you on the ground.
02:28
Good copy. Your med unit just rolled up also.
Police codes explained
The following codes appeared in the transcript and are explained below:
[1]
LZ: Landing Zone (designated area for helicopter landing)
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Location mentioned:
Near Oakdale Dr, Boone, NC 28607
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