Four people stranded in Rock River near Colona train bridge
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Colona Fire Rescue
03:43
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Attention, Kewanee Fire, you need to 1st call (number withheld) Illinois Highway 84.
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(number withheld) Illinois Highway 84.
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Pretty near the train bridge, the Rock River.
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Four individuals that are in the river, unable to get to land.
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Time is now 2203, 126.
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Henry County from Genesis 31.
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Genesis 31, go ahead.
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Are you guys wanting ambulance assistance for this call?
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Genesis 31, you're covered by 15.
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Repeat. Are you guys requesting ambulance service for this call?
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That's up to your discretion.
00:44
These four individuals just can't get out of the river at this time.
00:48
Unsure if ambulance is going to be needed or not.
00:51
We're not even sure if we're going to get a boat out or not.
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10-4, we'll be advised.
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10-4.
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Henry 2501.
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Two 501 , go ahead.
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I'll be on route.
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Can you see if they can get train traffic stopped so we can go down the train bridge?
01:22
Affirmative.
01:29
Henry, just confirming, it's north of 84, correct? About a quarter of a mile maybe.
01:35
It sounds like we have deputies on the bridge and they don't see him yet.
01:40
I copy. Let me know about the trains when you make that contact.
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Hello, my partner's calling now.
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Columbia Fire 2501.
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0104, go ahead.
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Let's take the boat down to the launch, but just hold tight.
02:02
We're going to try to find them by the train bridge or somewhere around there, so we'll need to six by also.
02:06
I'm going to head to the train bridge area.
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We're going to have one crew on the side by side.
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The crew of the boat, we're going to go down by the large boat on them.
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Kewanee Fire, Henry County.
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Two 501 . Two 501 , I called Iowa Interstate, they're gonna stop her over at traffic.Copy , thank you.
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Henry 2591, en route.
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Three on board.
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91.
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Colona Fire, Henry County.
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2501.
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2501, they're gonna shine a flashlight that they have with them as well.
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Understand.
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Step four, additionally, it sounds like there's a stepdad that's gonna be up on the bridge.
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Try to get on the train tracks at the bomb gate and go down that way on Iowa Interstate.
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The train traffic is stopped.
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01 from 91, you want to just access it up here by (number withheld) Street and go down or farther?
03:37
Yeah, you probably have to get on there by (number withheld) Street by Bombs where the gate is, then go down that way.
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