Search teams comb trails on Mt Watatic for missing hiker
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Ashburnham Area Fire Departments
06:41
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00:00
Fire alarm from command.
00:03
Fire alarm.
00:08
Be advised, we've split two search parties.
00:11
We have one party going down
00:14
Nutting Hill supported by a UTV, and we have one party headed down the Wabash Trail from the summit.
00:25
Splitting two parties.
00:27
One's going down Hunting Hill, one's down the Wabash Trail.
00:31
Fire alarm, 20:00 .
00:41
Come in.
00:43
Fire command.
00:47
(name withheld), which trail are you guys headed up the mountain?
00:57
We're heading up the trail about half mile south from the main base.
01:08
Received, sir.
01:15
We should be summoning within the next 5 min .
01:22
Received, summoning 5 min .
01:33
Ashburnham 7L to Ashburnham Fire Command.
01:42
7L, go ahead.
01:47
Canine backtracked from that Watatic Trail back to the Rocky
01:51
Elcropping on the Sub Summit on the northwest side.
01:56
We're in that area right now, kind of tracking through the woods in a couple different areas.
02:02
Be advised,
02:04
we did just hear a faint hello.
02:19
Air 4 to command, which team said they heard the faint hello?
02:27
Airwing, that's going to be the search team of four parties.
02:31
We're to your left right now.
02:35
Sorry, do one of you guys have the four-man team with the K-9?
02:40
Negative, no K-9, no UTV, four members in the woods.
02:47
Service, thank you.
02:56
Command from (name withheld) crew.
02:59
(name withheld), go ahead, sir.
03:04
We've made summit.
03:06
What would you like with us?
03:11
Sir, if you could start coming down the Wabash Trail and rendezvous with us.
03:19
Received, come down Wabash Trail.
03:27
Air 4 to that 418, were you supplemented with an ATV or were you just strictly on foot?
03:34
Sir, we're just on foot, no ATV off your left side now.
03:42
I received.
03:43
I'm just trying to locate you guys.
03:45
I can search around where you were at.
03:47
I got the K9 team and I got the team with the ATV.
03:50
I'll keep looking for you.
03:51
One 2nd .
03:54
Anyway, we're probably about 75 feet down from the summit.
04:01
All right, received.
04:02
Is that on the north side, you think?
04:07
Negative, sir.
04:08
South side.
04:11
Okay, I'm on the south side now.
04:12
I'll be looking for you in about 30 seconds.
04:23
47, all the fire command.
04:25
We're at the UTV at the Elk Crossing, standing by for further instructions.
04:32
Received, sir.
04:33
Are you at our UTV or Ashby's?
04:38
Ashburnham Fire, UTV.
04:46
Seven O, can you guys remain in the area over there? We have a search team coming down to you guys to search to the New Hampshire border.
05:00
Received. I'm gonna stand by for the 2nd search team to come down and then we're gonna search towards the New Hampshire border.
05:10
Come in, Seven O.
05:14
Seven O, go ahead.
05:16
Sir, did you guys lose the trail up there?
05:21
Yeah, it's affirmative.
05:22
Once we got to the UTV.
05:27
Received. That search party's making their way down to you now.
05:34
Copy.
05:49
Two ridge units coming down from the summit.
05:51
We're going to be on your left side, about 100 ft through the woods.
06:00
Received. Do you want us to meet with you or do you want us to stay put? You want us to head down?
06:06
You guys want to start coming over here.
06:08
We're going to search the ledges.
06:09
We did think we heard a voice.
06:15
On our way.
06:21
Police 7L to fire command, we heard something on that general direction near the ledges as well from our rear.
06:30
Air 4 to command, I believe I have that four-man team off that search in that side as well.
06:36
Be advised we got about 10 to 15 minutes before we're going to have to depart for fuel.
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