Person bitten by brown snake near Veterans Memorial Hall, Waterloo IA

Medical Emergency

Reported: 11/4/2025 01:12 PM

Near Courbat Ct, Waterloo, IA 50701

A person was bitten by a brown snake near Veterans Memorial Hall. The bite was first reported on the foot, then on the finger. The person is waiting near a bridge with a cream-colored pillar and a backpack. The snake is not believed to be nearby now.

Audio|Source: Black Hawk County Fire and EMS

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Transcript:

00:00

332 for a snake bite at FIS in Commercial Street, FIS in Commercial.

00:05

332 for a snake bite at FISN commercial.

00:08

Time of dispatch 15.

00:19

331.

00:22

We're going to be today here, Alan.

00:24

Let me take that call off at the commercial.

00:26

I'll leave for now.

00:30

104.332, you can disregard. 331. We'll take this call.

00:34

332 disregards.

00:36

Thank you.

00:39

Thanks.

00:43

C.0.4 is back quarters.

00:50

Cedar Falls State from Lubbuk County on R6, R6 Call 61.

00:54

City Falls in the Dubuuk.

00:57

CD County, go ahead.

01:00

You have ISP 106, start towards Highway and Northwestern.

01:05

We have a subject that's in a vehicle, have a seizure.

01:11

I'll have a minute around.

01:17

That snake, wild snake, do they have the snake?

01:21

Well,

01:24

this subject currently is at the Veterans Memorial Hall now.

01:28

He said he saw the snake on the bridge.

01:33

At first he said he was bit on the foot, then he said he's bit on his finger. It was a brown-colored snake.

01:39

I don't believe the snake is still on the bruce.

01:43

Everyone's out.

01:47

There's several vehicles unseen in the southbound lanes.

01:53

Memorial Hall.

01:55

This is for a snake, but we believe it's going to be on his finger.

02:01

Subox was told to flag you down. He's wearing a cream pillar, but he's in a backpack right next to the bridge.

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Near Courbat Ct, Waterloo, IA 50701

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