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Search and rescue operation near Berkeley Bridge, Norfolk VA
Medical EmergencyA search and rescue operation is underway near Berkeley Bridge and Harbor Park in Norfolk. Marine and Zodiac units are involved, searching for a person who jumped into the water.
Audio|Heard on: Norfolk City Fire and EMS Dispatch
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03:37
Transcript:
00:00
Battalion 1, Boat 7, Zodiac 1.
00:04
Zodiac O.
00:10
Marine vessels are operating Channel 16 on Marine band.
00:18
You review that Marine Channel What?
00:23
Marine Channel 1-6-16.
00:28
Probably that thing.
00:33
Perfect to the battalion.
00:37
The battalion.
00:39
P.D. is asking where the command center is.
00:48
We are going to be adjacent to the Dominion Tower underneath the Eastside Berkeley Bridge.
00:55
Copy.
00:58
Make one to the man, what would you like us to be positioned?
01:03
All right, go ahead and repeat, you're low.
01:07
Yes, sir, just wondering where you'd like us to be positioned?
01:15
You at the boat ramp over by Harbor Park?
01:20
We're heading that way, yes sir.
01:25
Go to the alley dock or the ferry dock by Harbor Park.
01:31
Copy.
01:37
Command O7.
01:40
Go ahead.
01:45
Hey Louie, did you copy Marine units are going to be on Channel 16 and also with your E.T.A.
01:53
We're currently on scene now underneath the bridge and we are on one-six.
01:56
Copy that. Okay,
02:01
let's go ahead and get the sonar scans up.
02:04
He was last seen west side of the bridge.
02:07
More towards the Harbor Park side.
02:11
Both seven copy, we'll head that way now.
02:13
Medi-15 arrived at least.
02:18
Copy of 658.
02:21
Medi 14 arrived in general.
02:25
Copy it.
02:28
Our boat's having a command.
02:30
Command, go ahead.
02:36
Kat, do we have an exact location of where he jumped from?
02:45
Not exact location,
02:47
but best we can tell is almost center, the Berkeley,
02:52
just to the Norfolk side towards Harbor Park.
03:01
Zudiac 1 is launched by Andrew 1.
03:08
Command, Zodiac 1.
03:15
Manzo, you have one?
03:21
They started their search patterns with Sonar.
03:24
If you could get it into a little more shallower ground towards the Norfolk side, on your port side,
03:30
or I'm sorry, on your starboard side,
03:33
you can get into a little shallower depth than they can.
03:36
Probably that, we'll stay shallow.
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Berkley Bridge, Norfolk, VA
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