Medical emergency near 51st and Pulaski train tracks, Chicago IL
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As discussed during the dispatch call, emergency crews responded to a medical emergency involving a person found on the train tracks near West 51st Street and South Pulaski Road in Chicago. Power to the tracks was temporarily shut down for safety while personnel removed the individual and transferred them to an ambulance. Power was later restored once the scene was secured.
Audio|Heard on: Cook IL Fire Dispatch Group Calls
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01:29
Transcript:
00:00
Engine 34, we're at 51st and Pulaski.
00:02
Orange line for the person on the tracks.
00:05
All right, 34, message received, you're out.
00:09
Truck company number 33,
00:11
single one, can you please put a special duty to SLD for the download?
00:16
Message received, you're going SLD.
00:19
Thirty-four, I'm going to thirty-four.
00:21
Be advised,
00:23
per operator (number withheld) with CTA,
00:26
they have power shut off from both directions from Midway Airport to Pulaski.
00:30
Once again, from Midway Airport Pulaski, we're trying to get power shut off farther east than Pulaski, so they're going to call us back and let us know what they need to do.
00:39
Be advised.
00:41
Engine thirty-four message received.
00:43
Can we get a secondary hold on that as well for what they have?
00:48
Working on a secondary hold.
00:54
Patient off the track, he's ambulance 21.
00:58
All right, 34,
01:00
you got the patient off the track.
01:01
You're holding response?
01:04
34, are you holding response?
01:07
Engine 34, you can hold everybody up.
01:11
Okay, are we clear to restore power on the tracks?
01:15
It's affirmative.
01:16
You can release the secondary hold and restore power.
01:19
We're heading down to the ambulance now.
01:21
34, message received.
01:22
All companies 5106 South Laski return.
01:25
All companies, a person on the track.
01:28
5106 South Laski return.
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