Water Rescue
Front Ave NW near 4th St NW, Grand Rapids · West Grand
Timeline
- PoliceGRPD dispatched: Assist Citizen or Agency
- RadioWater rescue dispatched to 600 block of Front Avenue NW near 6th Street; engines, a truck, dive, rescue and water rescue units responding
- RadioBattalion 6 on scene at Bridge Street Bridge; establishing River Command and searching for the person in the water
- RadioBattalion 6 establishing River Command; searching for two males, one wearing an orange and white coat
- RadioUnit heading to the Butterworth launch
- RadioAnother caller on the east side reports someone south of 196 who appears to be struggling
- RadioCommand 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
- RadioRiver too shallow to launch boats at Butterworth without using the RDC
- RadioDive 3 asks Battalion 6 whether it copied the transmission
- RadioRescue 2 attempting to deploy a rescuer into the water to stabilize and reach the victim
- RadioLocation confirmed behind the post office, river left, approximately 50 yards from shore
- RadioUnit standing by until cleared; River Command reports one rescuer in the water
- RadioVictim pulled from the water into the rescue boat
- RadioVictim confirmed out of the water
- RadioWater Rescue 5 and Boat 5 cleared the scene
- RadioUnit clear, returning to quarters
- RadioTruck 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…