Flooding reported in emergency department at South County Hospital, South Kingstown RI
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FloodingAs discussed during the dispatch call, a flooding incident occurred in the EMS bay and emergency room area of South County Hospital. Multiple fire units responded to assist with the situation.
Audio|Heard on: South Kingstown Fire Dispatch (UFD & KFD)
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Transcript:
00:00
The station, Katie Stations,
00:02
1,2, 2, 3, and 6, Katie stations, 1, 2, 3, and 6, Fox Swamp, South County Hospital, near Kenyon Avenue.
00:13
Station K to station one, two, two, three, six, fox alarm.
00:17
South County Hospital,
00:19
near Kenyon Avenue.
00:27
Fire alarm responding.
00:29
Tim.
00:36
Okay, 22, responding with three.
00:39
Okay,
00:40
22 responding with three, South County Hospital.
00:44
Units responding, got a call from the hospital.
00:47
They stated that there is a very large flood in the EMS Bay section of the ER department.
01:00
The fire alarm receives that message.
01:09
22 received.
01:16
Car 14, call on.
01:20
Car 14. Go to the King and Ave side and silence the panel.
01:32
Car 14, Avaultz.
01:40
He'llada one's respondent.
01:44
Ladder one you respondent, Scott's Gunnarth Hospital.
01:47
Okay, fire alarm's on scene, I'll give you an update in a second.
01:51
Yep. Yep.
01:58
The latter one, caught one.
02:06
Good. Come to the ER entrance.
02:13
Briefing.
02:14
You're there about 30 seconds.
02:16
Beware the rescue's parked.
02:25
Jason C5.
02:27
Okay,
02:29
go ahead.
02:31
C5 will take command.
02:33
All right all units switch to Channel 5.
02:34
Can we start left over here?
02:38
Careful.
02:40
The other one's on scene.
02:43
Yep.
02:53
Okay station for Ladder 2.
02:56
Ladder 2 can respond.
02:57
South County Hospital assist with a flood issue, the ER.
03:03
Ladder 2,
03:05
front of Southkenau hospital assist with some sort of a flood.
03:14
Okay, she's response.
03:26
Car 4th, car 12, go to Channel 5.
03:34
Okay, Chief V.
03:37
Go ahead.
03:40
You might want to know EMS know that there's a special water leak in the patient drop-off.
03:48
104.
03:52
Okay, N-22-1-4-Council.
03:55
10 for engine 20.
04:01
Okay, line two, three, South County Hospital.
04:05
Yep.
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This transcript is automatically generated by AI from live dispatch audio. Dispatch communications may include background noise, overlapping speakers, or rapidly evolving situations, and automated transcription may not capture all details or context.
Location mentioned:
Kenyon Ave, Wakefield, RI 02879
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