Students struggle to breathe on school bus near Dollar General, Knox IN
A school bus near Dollar General on South U.S. Highway 35 reported students struggling to breathe and gagging. Multiple emergency units including medics and fire teams were dispatched to assist with decontamination and provide medical aid to the students.
Audio|Source: Starke County Sheriff Fire & EMS
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Transcript:
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Washington Township Firemen, this is an exercise, exercise, exercise, exercise.
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Respond to near South U.S. Highway 35 911 caller on Knox School Bus with student passengers, advising everyone is struggling to freeze and gagging Knox fires requesting you with an engine to this location.
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Your turn time is 1854, you'll be on Fireground 2.
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That's not at 41.
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Go ahead.
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We're going to be out here for a big. You go ahead and get me a recovery trailer from Breitcross.
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Okay.
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County fire, Bass Lake.
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Bathway, go ahead.
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County, we have the Enhizer's tank field turned off.
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Clear.
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Washington Township Fire, Starke County Fire, were you clearing home?
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County 301 will be out with Medic 3 at Dollar General with the bus.
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301. Medic 41, Medic 1. Medic 41, Medic 1.
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Go ahead.
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How many patients do we have on scene?
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What's do I'm going to get a count right now? I'll get an update fire.
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10-4.
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Nox fire, team command, start cutting fire.
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All right.
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All right. All right.
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Any day, we'll fire and ran at the 1050 at 35 in total road. Information, we're receiving multiple calls advising of dead fish and dead reptiles in the ditching your total road.
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Sark County Fire, 102?
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1-02.
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County, can you get a Leport County as now headed this way, please?
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EMA's already contacted them.
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Clear.
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208, 2 and Rowlander 3.
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Hey, Tim.
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Cannae, 301?
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301.
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Victory is requesting another bus.
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I will contact Transportation Director Director,
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have them en route.
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Timbor.
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Park County Fire, 102.
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1.02.
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Can you advise which ditch that was again?
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You just advise ditches along total road?
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Clear.
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Okay, 41, medic one.
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Go ahead.
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What's your 20?
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I am in the parking lot of first choice tonicoles.
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Claire.
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We're counting from 941.
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Go on.
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Did we have any other fire units en route?
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Upper River have Hamlet 8-2 in route.
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Can you go ahead and divert them to the Dollar General to assist with Medic 5 and Medic 3?
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Sure. Okay.
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Attention, Washington, Firemen. This is an exercise, exercise, exercise, exercise.
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Second tone for near South U.S. Highway 35, 911 caller on Knox, full bus with student passengers, advising everyone is struggling to breathe and gagging.
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He'll be on fire ground to you. Your turn time is 1901.
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Medic 41, medic one.
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Go ahead.
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For our 43, do we have water set up for decontamination?
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I believe fire is working on that right now.
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We're on location.
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Additional information is going to be for students on a school bus.
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They're advising everyone struggling to breathing gagging.
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