Rescue team coordinates search and debris removal near pedestrian bridge, Fort Collins CO
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Fire and rescue teams coordinated a search and possible rescue operation involving entry into a manhole near a pedestrian bridge in Fort Collins. The operation included clearing debris and preparing for a primary search inside the area.
Audio|Heard on: Poudre Fire Authority and EMS
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03:52
Transcript:
00:00
Command attack.
00:03
Go ahead.
00:05
Just making sure you copy all that traffic from Tower One.
00:11
Yeah, that's a firm.
00:13
Just beware of exposure possibility if we're going to start removing material,
00:18
especially if we have load and no visibility.
00:23
Copy that. We'll let you know if we come up to the game plan.
00:30
Go ahead.
00:33
We're going to have you guys stage there until we decide whether we have to send anybody back in or not, but we've got eyes on the rescue board crew right now.
00:43
Okay.
00:44
Yeah, from my view, there's a bunch of lake kits and stuff down there.
00:47
It would probably be pretty easy to just send someone down this access to crew that debris if we decide to do that.
00:57
Copy that.
01:01
Command Rescue Group.
01:03
Rescue 4 is exited.
01:04
Can I get a time stand?
01:09
0-339. Rescue 4 is out, par 3.
01:14
Sorry, can you give you that time again?
01:18
0-339.
01:20
Okay.
01:28
(number withheld) Engine 1, Charlie Medical, Overflow Shelter, near North Mason Street, Map 29 King 4, respond on Med Channel 5.
01:40
Tower One Rescue Group.
01:46
Go for Tower One.
01:50
We're trying to come up with the next phase to complete a primary search there.
01:54
Is the manhole that you're at,
01:56
the guys on Rescue Board feel like that's the best entry point to search the camp that's in there? Would you guys be able to get in there with breathing apparatus on?
02:08
I've got Vidal with breathing apparatus on.
02:10
You can go down there,
02:11
PAR 1, as long as you're okay with that.
02:16
We're going to hold off until we can back you guys up, but I think that's going to be the next phase.
02:21
I'm going to go do a face-to-face with attack and command.
02:24
So I'll have you guys standby there.
02:29
10-117 near North Mason, Map 29, 4th for a 38-year-old male that hasn't been vomiting and has stomach pain, dust-access back alley.
02:39
Rescue. Command, I'll pull up and we can do a face-to-face up there.
02:44
Okay, I'll meet you up in the street by engine 3.
02:51
Tower 1 Rescue.
02:55
Go ahead.
02:58
How far north of the pedestrian bridge are you?
03:03
It's going to be about 500 feet.
03:11
Okay.
03:13
The plan is going to be that we're going to, we'll bring Rescue 4 company up in the rescue, along with the rest of your crew.
03:21
You guys are going to do a search.
03:23
I'll brief you on kind of what we're looking for from the search, but we're going to initiate it from that manhole cover.
03:31
Covered up.
03:34
Do you need us to bring anything up in the Rescue Company from your rig?
03:42
We'll be okay with anything that's on the rescue and we'll just make do, I don't think it'll be labor-intensive at this point.
03:51
Okay.
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