Air transport request for 215-pound balloon patient declined

Heard on: Polk County, Dallas County, and Warren County Public Safety and ISP

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This transcript is auto-generated from live dispatch audio and may be incomplete or inaccurate. It is not an official report and may change.

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Life Flight Two, we're getting a balloon patient coming out of Trinity Fort Dodge to go to the med center in Omaha, Nebraska.

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Two hundred and 15 pounds.

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Would you guys be able to do that flight?

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Dispatch Ten Four Two, Seventeen Twenty Three.

00:22

Just copy a reckless driver southeast

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1st and Indianola.

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Southeast 1st and Indianola.

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Last seen northbound on a black Chevy Tahoe,

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plate (number withheld), driving super fast, almost ran a red light.

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Again, northbound from southeast 1st and Indianola.

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End of broadcast.

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1724.

00:48

Three hundred and five GP.

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Three hundred and five.

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Added a note.

00:53

You can show me advised, and then I will start for that trespass that was just gone.

01:03

Three hundred and two understood.

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You are having to decline for IFR out of Fort Dodge.

2026-10-27 22:22 UTC

Medical Emergency

S 25th St, Fort Dodge, IA 50501

Not official report. AI-generated from public dispatch audio. Always verify with official sources.

As discussed during the dispatch call, radio traffic includes a request for medical air transport for a patient from a hospital in Fort Dodge to a medical center in Omaha, which was later declined due to weather. Dispatch also reports a possible reckless driver in a black Chevy Tahoe speeding northbound near southeast 1st and Indianola.