Person on blue raft caught in rip current offshore, Hilton Head Island SC
Medical EmergencyA person on a blue flotation device is reported about 200 yards offshore near Beach Marker 102. The person appears to be caught in a rip current moving south. Rescue units are responding. The person does not seem to be in distress at this time.
Audio|Source: Bluffton Township and Hilton Head Fire
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Transcript:
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Beach Patrol in the area of Beach Marker, 104, acknowledged as such.
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AP 104.
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CP104, we have a report of a person in the water step on a floaty.
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Received, do you have a distance from shore?
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I...
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...road, water ice mud rescue, emergent response, tack one, engine three, truck six, battalion one, medic five, near Forty Folley Field Road, water ice mud rescue, emergent response, tack one.
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C104 dispatch.
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104. Approximately 200 yards out.
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All right safe.
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C104. 104.
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104, go ahead.
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The person is apparently on a blue flotation device.
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I see.
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Engine 3 dispatch.
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Callers reporting a male stuck on a blue raft, approximately 200 yards offshore and a rip current headed south.
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Apparently, the flotation device and person are headed south in a rip current.
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Receive.
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Receive, medic, 2.
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Dispatch BP 104.
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BP104. BP104.
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Correct beach marker for that is going to be Beachmarker 1-02.
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Person doesn't seem to be in distress at this moment.
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Stand by for further.
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We do have units in route.
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First, see, are they on TAC 1 in a unit, please?
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TAC 1. It will be Engine 3, Truck 6 Battalion 1.
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Location mentioned:
Near Lighthouse Rd, Hilton Head Island, SC 29928
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