Boater in distress prompts multi-agency response, Vancouver WA
Medical EmergencyDispatch audio reporting a boater in distress near SE Columbia Way. Fireboat 1 and engine 1 are responding and Portland Fire and the Coast Guard are being requested. Multiple rescue boats and additional engines are asked to check the area and search a nearby parking lot while dispatchers try to get a more precise location.
Audio|Source: Clark County Public Safety - CRESA Digital
02:28
Transcript:
Priority 3. Fireboat 1, engine 1, boater in distress near SE Columbia Way. Priority 3. Fireboat 1, engine 1, boater in distress near SE Columbia Way. Map page 2231. Engine 16 and engine 6. Go from 96 and 60. This came in as a priority five for us. Do you want to upgrade to code 3? Negative. Code 1 is fine. I just need help with the look system. Unit 169 Vancouver. I'm in the area checking now. I already passed through once, didn't see anybody. Can you get a better location? It's going out of the intersection. Fire one? Fire one, go ahead. Yeah, can we get Portland coming to this as well as rescue boat 80? And then we'll move it to opposite. Copy, confirm. We're going to call the Coast Guard and ask for option 10, is that right? Yeah, that's correct. Copy that. Powerboat 1. We also need Portland fireboat 17 and rescue boat 80. Your radio got scratchy. Copy, rescue 080. Okay, if CP isn't closed, I'm approaching now, checking a parking lot there as well.
Priority 3. Fireboat 1, engine 1, boater in distress near SE Columbia Way. Priority 3. Fireboat 1, engine 1, boater in distress near SE Columbia Way. Map page 2231. Engine 16 and engine 6. Go from 96 and 60. This came in as a priority five for us. Do you want to upgrade to code 3? Negative. Code 1 is fine. I just need help with the look system. Unit 169 Vancouver. I'm in the area checking now. I already passed through once, didn't see anybody. Can you get a better location? It's going out of the intersection. Fire one? Fire one, go ahead. Yeah, can we get Portland coming to this as well as rescue boat 80? And then we'll move it to opposite. Copy, confirm. We're going to call the Coast Guard and ask for option 10, is that right? Yeah, that's correct. Copy that. Powerboat 1. We also need Portland fireboat 17 and rescue boat 80. Your radio got scratchy. Copy, rescue 080. Okay, if CP isn't closed, I'm approaching now, checking a parking lot there as well.
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Near SE Columbia Way, Vancouver, WA 98661
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