False alarm from car crash phone alert

Heard on: Blaine County Amateur Radio / Fire/EMS / Life Flight (Dispatch only)

02:08

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00:00

Ketchum ambulance 21, Ketchum engine 1, and K10, respond to Cottonwood Street and South Second Avenue, Ketchum, for traffic collision Bravo.

00:24

One and engine one are en route.

00:27

Twenty one's primary.

00:37

Ambulance 21 and Engine 1, you're responding to Cottonwood Street and South Second Avenue.

00:44

Ketchum, for a

00:48

I believe, an iPhone severe car crash activation with no voice contact.

00:55

I think we could hear cars driving past the phone.

01:01

21 copies.

01:05

1659.

01:37

North Blaine County Fire Company.

01:51

21, call.

01:54

Go for 21.

01:58

21, Engine 1, I believe you can stand down.

02:00

Someone found a cell phone and turned it into our officer right there.

02:06

21 copies, all units are available.

2026-10-04 22:58 UTC

Traffic

Cottonwood St, Ketchum, ID 83340

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

As discussed during the dispatch call, emergency units were dispatched to a reported traffic collision near Cottonwood Street and South Second Avenue in Ketchum after an iPhone severe crash activation with no voice contact. Responders later determined it was a found cell phone turned in to an officer, and units were stood down.