Water rescue underway at Riverfront City Park, Salem OR
Medical EmergencyEmergency responders are conducting a water rescue near Riverfront City Park in Salem, Oregon. The patient is located north of the Union Street Railroad Bridge on the river's east side. Fire and medical units are coordinating a boat extraction. A command post is set up at Water Street in Riverfront Park, with multiple units providing support and spotting the situation.
Audio|Source: Salem Fire
06:20
Transcript:
00:00
Copy that.
00:01
Well, Savage in 1 continue code 3, all other units can reduce the code 2.
00:10
Take one, copy. Go ahead.
00:17
Dispatch to Battalion 2, call to Greek IOST. He is on the east side of the river.
00:26
Battalion 2 copies.
00:35
Medics 5. We start to Know Medical 3.
00:39
At (number withheld) Boone Road South East. Engine 2 from Italian 2. All you guys proceed to 3rd and 32nd Avenue South East. Go ahead, Mediq 2.
00:47
Go ahead, Medic 2.
00:52
Battalion 2 for medic 2 is on the east side would you prefer we go per the east side we would be significantly closer to the medic 1
01:03
affirmative
01:08
2 copies break dispatch for put medic 2 on it and cancel medic 1
01:17
Copy, Medic 1, do you copy? Lettick 1, do you copy?
01:23
Negative 2. Respond to Water 1, Willamis, R.N.
01:27
83. Cross streets are Water Street Northeast, Academy Street Northeast and Front Street Northeast.
01:33
Columbia Street Northeast.
01:39
Tine 2, Engine 8.
01:44
Engine 8.
01:47
I think we're the closest to Riverfront Park at this point, so we'll head over there and check it out.
01:53
The Italian 2, copy.
02:02
Battalion 35 from Battalion 4.
02:05
Battalion 2. Battalion 2.
02:15
Battalion 2, Battalion 4 is responding.
02:21
Battalion 2, copy.
02:26
Battalion 2 from the MEDIC 2, are we going to Riverfront Park, or are we going where the pin is on the map?
02:37
The side of the river, Riverfront Park.
02:45
Two for in both five.
02:51
Fortallion two.
02:54
Yeah, we're on Wallace. Would you like us to launch?
03:03
Engine five, let's hold off until we get eyes on myself and engineer on the east side here.
03:09
Dispatch to Battalion 2, the caller is on the Union Street Railroad Bridge and seeing the patient about 2-300-yard north on the shore.
03:22
The battalion 2 copies, and Jan 8 made contact.
03:27
Copy.
03:29
5, I would get prepared to launch.
03:35
No.5 copies.
03:40
Italian's here to command from engineer.
03:43
So the witness is saying that he's about 300 yards short north on the east side. I think I just saw butter two going up there.
03:51
So it's going to be somewhere near,
03:53
like Keith Brown, maybe.
03:54
Oh, where we're going to have to make access.
03:57
This thing we've got a bicycle and the longings that we're going to get a jump. Cross streets are Fitzpatrick Avenue, Southeast, and Red Fox Lane South East. We're telling you copies.
04:08
Bo-Fi as you copy that transmission.
04:12
That's firm. I'll be on the water in a minute.
04:17
Italian 2 copies.
04:19
The Italian 2 will be establishing command. Command post is going to be on Water Street at Riverfront Park.
04:31
Spotter 2 from command.
04:33
If you guys can get eyes on it from your vantage point, that'd be great. Otherwise, you'll serve as the downstream spotters.
04:42
Lighter 2 coming.
04:44
Dispatch engine 9. You can stand down on that public engine 9 disregard.
04:54
You need to go quite a bit farther north.
04:57
So you're probably a third of the way to where I can see movement on the shore.
05:05
All right, keep coming.
05:09
Medic 2 from command.
05:12
Since we're going to be using the boat to extract the patient,
05:17
Wallace Marine Park at the boat ramp is going to be your best location.
05:23
Okay, copies.
05:25
Wallace Marine at the butt ramp.
05:30
And into three.
05:34
Command.
05:39
We're currently based on Front Street between the old True Brothers and I think Keith Brown.
05:49
That's a negative. You guys can stand by there for now and so we see if we need any manpower.
05:55
Gabby.
05:58
Engine A from command, if you guys should have a good vantage point on that bridge, just serve as my upstream spotter too.
06:08
Okay, copy and I'll be able to direct about once they're down there.
06:13
Command copies.
06:19
Go tide on the water.
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Location mentioned:
Riverfront City Park, 200 Water St NE, Salem, OR 97301
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