Water rescue underway for two on stranded boat


Two people on a stranded boat are being rescued from the water. Responders coordinate a rope-based tow and preparation to move to another boat. They discuss safety steps and backup options while organizing the move.
Audio|Source: Des Moines Fire/EMS
04:12
Transcript:
What's my 5 is a red, they're mercy off. Hello. Got the medic 5? What to DC1? Let's go for DC1. If we get upstream of them just a little bit, can you drop one of those ropes to us? Yes, sir. Secondary to primary rescue. Go ahead, this is primary. The radio traffic, do you have a grasp of our plan here? Well, not exactly. So we're going to get upstream of them just a little bit. They're going to hand us, drop one of the ropes. that's secured to the boat and we're going to tow it. DC2 to DC1. Go for DC1. I'm at Waterworks. We're all relocating to 63rd. That's going to be the wet six trailer, wet two boats and mid-six. We're all going to be a 603rd. Copy that. He said there should be some green webbing. Probably under you that I was supposed to go on to. (name withheld), look under your feet. There should be some green webbing. Under your left foot. We're going to drop this rope then when you come through the bridge. Does that work for you? I'm thinking we can catch the rope just on the other side of the bridge here. The secondary 6, the primary 6 behind you. Primary 6 to BC1. Go for DC-1. It looks like both people are capable of getting out of the vote. It's going to be a lot easier to tow that if they're out. DC-1 from Primary 6. Go for Primary 6. So we just have them get out of the boat into our boat? I guess I'm not really sure they're able to do that. One would be, I'm not sure the other is. Okay, I thought it looks both pretty ambulatory for second to go when it's not. Secondary to DC1. Go for DC1. Is there a way that we can either have a rope? already scared to their boat from you guys that you just dropped from the bridge to us or we tossed them a rope. All right, well, there is a rope still connected to the bow of their boat and that's what we were going to use. I'm not sure if we can get to it anymore. But we got plenty of rope. We just got to pick one of those options and then cut that rope if we need to. Yeah, if you guys have rope, if you want to, can you back in and toss them it then? We're going to get that set up.
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Location mentioned:
Des Moines Water Works Park, 2201 George Flagg Pkwy, Des Moines, IA 50321
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