Rope rescue ongoing after wildfire near highway 229, Lincoln County OR
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Rope rescue and patient recovery operations continue near Highway 229 in Oregon after a wildfire. Teams on the south side were canceled as patients there are out of danger. Additional units are rerouted to the north side near milepost 14 for a possible third patient.
Audio|Heard on: Lincoln County Police and Fire
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01:30
Transcript:
00:00
Squad 5-1.
00:03
Recognition's on the roadway.
00:05
We can go ahead and cancel the rope teams for the south side.
00:16
Up to see, blocking both southbound lands 949.
00:21
On fire, too.
00:29
Sounds like the two patients with south side are out of danger.
00:32
Do you have any information on the north side?
00:36
Not arrived yet, we're just a mall post 10.
00:39
I'll let you know as soon as we get there.
00:43
I copy. They were canceled on the rope team.
00:44
I just didn't know if you wanted me to try to reroute them to that side.
00:52
Have them start this way, routine response.
00:55
I've got two rope team members from our side coming and a lot of other resources, so we'll see if we need it.
01:01
But get them this way, it's good.
01:05
Copy that. For Brush 21, Squad 31, Utility 84,
01:09
to reroute to the north side of this incident.
01:13
Again, approach from the north side, Highway 229, the area of Milepost 14 for a possible third patient.
01:19
Routine response.
01:20
Plus-21 copy.
01:25
Copy 804 copy.
01:27
Fresh 21 copies.
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OR-229, Oregon
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