Medical helicopter hoist operation near Westport, Westport CA
Medical EmergencyRescue helicopters Copter 11 and Copter 601 coordinated a hoist operation for a patient near Westport. They discussed possible transfer locations including the old mill in Fort Bragg and the Westport firehouse due to limited landing zone space. Weather was reported good; a fatality code was mentioned but not confirmed.
Audio|Source: Mendocino County Sheriff, Fire, EMS, Cal Fire and CHP
02:5
Transcript:
00:00
We are going to go to the scene, Westport.
00:03
We have about a 20-minute ETA.
00:05
We're unable to hear any traffic from there, and do you have any updates?
00:12
Negative.
00:13
Unable to receive radio traffic at this location.
00:18
You can try to contact Copter 601.
00:22
They've been trying to hail you on Red 7.
00:27
Okay,
00:29
copy.
00:33
1056.
00:40
Copter 11, Copter 601, how do you copy, Red 7?
00:48
Line 20, curve 20-20-go, moving out of position, send-8.
00:52
3-2-10, turn 4.
01:00
601, Reach Med3, how do you copy?
01:07
Reach 3, Comper, 601, I have you left clear on Red Town 7.
01:13
Copy that. We have about a 19-minute ETA to where you guys are hoisting this patient.
01:19
Is there enough landing zone spot for us to make it in and how's weather look there?
01:29
Chief of the Venice House, this was a possible code 1144, see about to confirm.
01:36
Pretty tight here, weather is good.
01:39
It might be better to meet you somewhere else.
01:42
So we go and do the transfer.
01:45
We're thinking about the old mill in downtown Fort Bragg,
01:50
unless you got another place.
01:53
(name withheld), (name withheld),
01:55
601, 8500.
01:57
(name withheld), you can do it at the firehouse in Westport.
02:00
It's a 12-acre open parcel with no instructions or the headlist.
02:05
I'll copy.
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Westport, CA
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