Medical evacuation helicopter landing zone set near Yellow Creek, Douglas County OR

Medical Emergency

Reported: 09/08/2025 05:58 AM (PDT)

OR-138 & Yellow Creek Rd, Oregon 97462

Emergency teams prepare a helicopter landing zone near Yellow Creek and Highway 138 West for a medical evacuation. They coordinate with Life Flight 5 and multiple units assist with the setup while awaiting flight confirmation.

Audio|Source: Douglas County Public Safety

02:48

Transcript:

00:00

Our closest LZ[1] to the Gallagher Canyon is about mile post, 12.5 or so.

00:08

It's the construction site where we're building the new fire station, which is at Yellow Creek and 138 West.

00:15

So it's about a half mile upstream of the Yellow Creek boat ramp where we've landed helicopters before recently.

00:22

Eighty-one, I copy.

00:24

I've contacted Life Flight 5[2] and they're going to call back if they're able to fly help.

00:28

Advise that.

00:30

Can you advise if does the ambulance want myself to continue to the scene or to start setting up the LD?

00:36

All right, dispatch 6874.

00:39

Can you advise? I could continue to use the stage for LZ[1] until we hear back from the next slide.

00:51

I copy. 2081.

00:53

Did you copy the requesting you stage for possible assistance with LZ[1] until we hear back from LFlight?

00:59

I set up the LZ[1].

01:01

They were asking you to stage in the area to assist with setting up LV as soon as we hear back from Life Flight 5[2].

01:09

E81, copy.

01:10

601.

01:11

That's a second.

01:12

Powered as far.

01:13

I'm not able to copy to the static.

01:15

I was able to copy en route to LZ[1] area.

01:17

I was unable to copy in route to LZ[1] area.

01:20

I wasn't able to copy the unit number.

01:22

2881 advice closest LZ[1] would be the instructions that were building the new fire station.

01:28

We're still waiting to hear back from my flight five.

01:30

Fire dispatch.

01:31

Fire dispatch.

01:32

2825 in route to LZ[1].

01:34

2825 in route to LZ[1] at 6.0.603.

Police codes explained

The following codes appeared in the transcript and are explained below:

[1]

LZ: Landing Zone

[2]

Life Flight 5: Air Medical Transport

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