Fire units respond to excavation site with rescue needs, La Crosse WI

Other Non-Crime Event

Reported: 10/29/2025 07:27 AM

Near Avon St, La Crosse, WI 54603

Fire department and rescue teams responded to a site near Avon Street for an incident involving excavation roadwork. No fire or criminal activity was reported, but the area required rescue support and hazard assessment.

Audio|Source: La Crosse City Fire - Digital

03:21

Transcript:

00:00

Battalion 1, Engine 4, Quint 10, Quint 2, and Rescue 2. Respond to his NAC call.

00:07

At near Avon Street.

00:13

Giti shoot, Tallinn one.

00:16

Hi one.

00:25

Can you have Excel respond to the location, please?

00:30

Therefore, we're on the phone from right now.

00:38

Telling one if you didn't see the update Excel P-T 30 minutes.

00:42

Telling one, Patsy, thank you.

00:48

See your rescue T's location?

00:52

Copy, Rescue 2 location.

00:58

Oncoming units, Rescue 2 is on location.

01:01

Looks like we have some excavating roadwork.

01:06

Rescue 2 will be out in rescue.

01:07

Rescue 2.

01:13

Rescue 2.

01:20

Quintu, are you trying to call?

01:26

Quinti units. Quinti is on location. Quintu will assume command.

01:32

Quintu, battalion,

01:36

one.

01:41

Go investigate the league, please.

01:49

Thank you, Kathy, here.

01:52

We'll move out and more still bump in my meters.

02:00

Rescue two battalion.

02:05

Go ahead.

02:10

Make your way up to the hole, good eyes on what we possibly need.

02:16

Rescue two copies.

02:20

Energy force level 1, 500 block I gave on.

02:26

You know it's on location. You can't send location. You can only want to send command.

02:38

Go ahead.

02:43

For your apparatus around this way and the water supply, the water service, please.

02:54

Copy.0.10 water supply.

02:59

Command Risky, too.

03:01

Go ahead.

03:06

Like the workers have it folded over and taped.

03:10

I believe the vice scripts would be good to put a proper C on it.

03:16

Command copies.

03:19

If you have the vice scripts with you, you can do that.

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Near Avon St, La Crosse, WI 54603

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