Helicopter medical transport coordinated near Melcher, Melcher Dallas IA
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Emergency teams coordinated a helicopter medical transport near Melcher, securing the helipad and noting nearby power lines and an unlit tower for safety.
Audio|Heard on: Marion County Public Safety
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01:53
Transcript:
00:00
Canada 95 is on scene.
00:01
We have bad signal out here.
00:03
Marion County, 63 on R5 Tech 53.
00:12
Marie, go ahead for Marion County.
00:18
And she'll go ahead and make me ground contact for the helicopter.
00:23
I'd appreciate it.
00:24
936 is going to be 106 with the patient.
00:27
10-4[1] sounds good.
00:35
Mary County from 30, what was the original ETA for the helicopter?
00:40
Sorry,
00:42
I just still come or see there about two minutes out.
00:47
Denver, thank you.
00:53
Marion County, Unit 633 from Air Med 2.
01:00
Air Med 2, go ahead.
01:04
Yeah, we got about a four-minute ETA to the helipad there, Melcher.
01:13
The helipad is secure.
01:15
It's marked by four red corner lights.
01:19
Just north of the fire department building, there's some power lines to the west.
01:28
Yeah, it's power lines for the west and lights to the north.
01:37
Yeah,
01:39
there is one large tower to the north that is not lit up by anything, just 43 for you.
01:49
Yeah, copy that.
01:50
We're about overhead.
01:51
We'll do a quick circle and check it out.
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[1]
10-4: Acknowledgment (Message received / OK)
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Location mentioned:
C St NE, Melcher-Dallas, IA 50163
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