Water RescueFront Ave NW near 4th St NW, Grand Rapids · West Grand

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Water Rescue

Front Ave NW near 4th St NW, Grand Rapids · West Grand

Timeline

  1. Police
    GRPD dispatched: Assist Citizen or Agency
  2. Radio
    Water rescue dispatched to 600 block of Front Avenue NW near 6th Street; engines, a truck, dive, rescue and water rescue units responding
  3. Radio
    Battalion 6 on scene at Bridge Street Bridge; establishing River Command and searching for the person in the water
  4. Radio
    Battalion 6 establishing River Command; searching for two males, one wearing an orange and white coat
  5. Radio
    Unit heading to the Butterworth launch
  6. Radio
    Another caller on the east side reports someone south of 196 who appears to be struggling
  7. Radio
    Command confirms one person in the river just south of US-196; requests boat launch at the dam, river left; command on the walkway behind the post office with the person
  8. Radio
    River too shallow to launch boats at Butterworth without using the RDC
  9. Radio
    Dive 3 asks Battalion 6 whether it copied the transmission
  10. Radio
    Rescue 2 attempting to deploy a rescuer into the water to stabilize and reach the victim
  11. Radio
    Location confirmed behind the post office, river left, approximately 50 yards from shore
  12. Radio
    Unit standing by until cleared; River Command reports one rescuer in the water
  13. Radio
    Victim pulled from the water into the rescue boat
  14. Radio
    Victim confirmed out of the water
  15. Radio
    Water Rescue 5 and Boat 5 cleared the scene
  16. Radio
    Unit clear, returning to quarters
  17. Radio
    Truck company clear

Radio recording 2:58 · 16 transmissions

0:00-2:58

What was said on the public scanner radio about this call, in order. Download MP4

From neighbors

  • Live GR Team Reporter

    woodtv.com/news/grand-rapid… WOOD TV8 / GRFD: Two fishermen standing in the river near the 6th St bridge lost their footing in deeper water around 7:30am. One was lowered to by rope from the seawall behind DeVos Place; the other drifted and was pulled into a boat just north of the I-196 overpass. Both taken to the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries. MLive: mlive.com/news/grand-rapids…

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