Two injured after falling from Turners Falls Bridge, Montague MA
Medical EmergencyTwo people fell about 20 to 25 feet from Turners Falls Bridge and were injured. Emergency responders including medical services, technical rescue teams, and a drone from Greenfield were dispatched to assist and safely extract the injured from the steep area.
Audio|Source: Franklin County Police, Fire and EMS Dispatch
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Transcript:
00:00
Do we have anyone on callback at this time? Sounds like there might be a second patient at the bridge.
00:08
That's a negative, sir.
00:11
Um,
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sounds like they are going to be looking for us to respond.
00:20
Dispatch, 253.
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Are you safe?
00:25
I.
00:27
Control the Turner Saltfire.
00:30
Chevron Control is bad advice.
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Silver Control is bad advice.
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Silver control, turnus follows anyone.
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Proceed.
00:40
Controls on tennis falls, A1.
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Control the terrorist falls,
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safe.
00:45
All right.
00:47
You get you have A1 off the Franklin, any mileage 4.1, you could tone a box alarm for station coverage.
00:54
It's advised that about 20 feet below the bridge.
00:58
They probably took a 20-foot fall.
01:00
There are complaining of injuries.
01:02
It's a very steep place to extricate them from.
01:06
Greenfield did just call us, requesting your agency respond.
01:10
It looks like we're also going to need the tech rescue team to get the patients out.
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Receive Turner Solves A1, Officer Franklin, ending mileage 4.1,
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requesting Box 1 for station coverage 2252.
01:22
The 3, can you confirm is it at 1 or 2?
01:26
Two.
01:27
Okay,
01:29
if you could do a Bapsalarm for an engine company response as well as our, uh,
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as a tech rescue team,
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and a mutual aid ambulance.
01:40
I'll raise you.
01:45
Controls from Turner, as well as under one.
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Control done.
01:49
You can learn it.
01:50
Yeah, if you can phone that box.
01:55
Hey from Sir, just dealing with a couple of holes.
02:11
Attention, Turner's Falls Fire Personnel.
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Turner's Fire Personnel.
02:14
This is a showmer control on the air with a box alarm.
02:16
Looking for an engine company to respond to the Turner's Falls Bridge,
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the Greenfield-pound line, or two parties,
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injured after jumping over the bridge.
02:27
There is control of the Turner's Falls fire personnel.
02:30
This is just tele control on the air with a box alarm looking for an engine company to respond to Turner's Falls Road.
02:35
Control clear at 22nd.
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Three dispatch.
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You advise him.
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Probably going to be a tech rescue.
02:43
Great, sir.
02:44
Shelburne Control was advised of that tech rescue, sir.
02:50
Controls from Tarynx, well as into one.
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Controls on Tartiswold, engine one.
02:55
11, dispatch, be advised by Sullivan 15 or...
02:58
Oh, GPD on foot under the bridge.
03:02
Yes, if you could also start the green out, excuse me,
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the drone out of Greenfield.
03:10
What are you, sir?
03:12
Receive, starting a drone out of Greenfield.
03:18
Control that Turner's Falls Engine 1.
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AMR is responding with two ambulances for the two patients.
03:22
Do you still want an additional mutual ambulance?
03:26
Not at this moment.
03:27
It sounds like there's just two patients.
03:30
Just the drone and the Tech Rescue Team, thank you.
03:33
Appreciate.
03:40
257, 253. Hi.
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Do you need, or what do you need from overnights?
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Uh,
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just bodies right now, uh, traffic control.
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Racing.
04:01
Oh, Levin, how'd you get down there, do you just work your way through the trees?
04:05
No path, correct?
04:09
Yeah, affirms, be careful on the hill is all loose brick.
04:16
Is that you or EMS coming down?
04:21
Affirmative, I'm trying to make my way with the AMR right now.
04:28
Control, turn is under 1.
04:30
Control down turn is engine 1. Controls on turn is engine 1.
04:34
Control is responded in the bridge.
04:41
Chief Turner's Falls, Engine 1 responding at 2259.
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Greenfield Dispatch was contacted for their drone and Station B was contacted to get TAC Rescue started.
04:52
Thank you. Thank you.
04:59
Hi, U.P.
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from Turneris Falls, everyone.
05:04
Bye, Agent 1.
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Bye, Agent 1.
05:07
Yes, sir, just be advisor coming out on the U Street.
05:15
Here you see if, I'm guiding AMR to the patients.
05:21
Okay, are they over the bridge?
05:24
Do you have eyes on them?
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Affirm, they're over the bridge about 20 feet down.
05:30
It's going to be a challenge to get them out of here.
05:37
Okay, received.
05:38
Sounds like the Tech Rescue team has been dispatched.
05:42
We'll get us many resources from us to be 10-bound there.
05:46
Received.
05:48
Shelver Control, Turnbull, email, son.
05:51
Controls on Turner Solvely 1.
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21 to 3. 21 to 3.
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Five.
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Clear the Franklin in route to Turner's Falls Road for the incident.
06:03
Just the bridge on Mardiou Street.
06:07
Receive, clear of the Franklin and route to the bridge at 24-1.
06:11
On my paper mills, Turner's Falls Road, 5th Street.
06:16
Copy that.
06:19
35 from Engine 1.
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Turned fall 35, go ahead, sir.
06:32
I don't know if you just heard PD.
06:34
They said he's about, excuse me, they said both parties are about 20 to 25 feet down over the bridge.
06:42
They said it's going to be quite an operation to get him out.
06:45
Tech Rescue team has been dispatched as well, and the drone has also been dispatched from Greenfield.
06:53
Okay, copy.
06:55
If you want to take this over to Turner Falls Fireground now, we can move over to that.
07:02
Take her.
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