Water Rescue6th Street Bridge, Grand Rapids · John Ball Park

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Water Rescue

6th Street Bridge, Grand Rapids · John Ball Park

Timeline

  1. Large water rescue response dispatched to 6th Street Bridge: multiple engines, water rescue units, dive team, truck companies, and command staff responding
  2. Unit on scene at 6th Street Bridge, ready to take command; update to follow
  3. Battalion 6 assuming command
  4. Dive 3 on the water
  5. Crews checking if the patient has any injuries
  6. Crew assessing rescue method; patient positioned against wall, considering rope rescue approach
  7. Dive 3 asking whether crews are north of 6th Street
  8. Holding off on launching the boat; crews at the fish ladder on foot
  9. All units there except Rescue 1 and Rescue 2; staging right behind the EPS building
  10. Car 97 on scene at 6th Street Bridge
  11. Battalion 5 on scene at 6th Street Bridge.
  12. Boat going in at Riverside Park; PD needed there so an officer can go in with crews
  13. Command determining whether Water Rescue 3 will deploy in the rescue boat or police will provide boat support
  14. Crews choosing a smaller boat over the airboat for better control against the wall
  15. Engine 2, Truck 2, and Battalion 5 cleared from scene
  16. Per River Command, Truck 2 and Battalion 5 clear
  17. Command: one rescuer in the water with the victim
  18. Crews up on the wall where their lights are
  19. Crews about 200 yards south of other units
  20. All companies clear; water rescue incident at 6th Street Bridge terminated
  21. Boat 12 out of the water

Radio recording 3:26 · 23 transmissions

0:00-3:26

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