Person with severe head pain rescued from Columbia River, Portland OR
Medical EmergencyA person on a boat near Sexton Tavern on the Columbia River reported severe head pain. Emergency units responded with a rescue boat and ambulance to assist the person.
Audio|Source: Portland Area Fire and Rescue
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Transcript:
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Engine 17 being requested by county units as a water response for a 39-year-old with extreme head pain at Sexton Tavern near Northeast Marine Drive, respond on Office 1.
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Engine 17 being requested for a water response for a 39-year-old male with extreme head pain at Sexton Tavern near Northeast Marine Drive, respond on in Ops 1 is 1658.
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Engine 11 going on a priority 5 service call is a lift assist to Lafayette Court Departments.
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8714, South East Lafayette Street, Unit Biaz & Baker 16, Respond on Office 1.
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Engine 11 going on a priority 5 Alpha service call is a lift assist to Lafayette Court Departments.
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8714, Southeast Lafayette Street.
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Browell 1,
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Biaz & Baker 1 6, it's 1658.
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Office 1, Casket Lock 693, UTIL, we'll be in service.
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Okay, Taskade Locks, returning at 1659.
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Dispatch is 17.
01:11
Yeah, dispatch, go ahead.
01:17
Dispatch is a little bit confusing.
01:19
They want a water response to this Sexton Tavern for a possible concussion?
01:26
Yeah, River Patrol is there, and they're the ones requesting, so they said they'd need a rescue boat or a fireboat.
01:36
The battalion Chief 8.
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Priority 5.
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Public assist.
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Columbia River at Salkey's Restaurant.
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Time out.
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1659.
01:51
Is this at the tavern itself or is this out of the water somewhere near the tavern?
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Middick 1340 going with engine 17 to Sexton Tavern near Northeast Marine Drive for Spotted Office 1.
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Middick 1340 going Code 3[1] with Engine 17 to Sexton Tavern.
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Near Northeast Marine Drive respond on Office 1.
02:26
Go ahead.
02:29
1540, sorry we're going to tap out, is this code 123?
02:34
Let's have you go code 3 for now because I don't have a lot of information from the police site on this yet.
02:45
Pouring garbage on it and fanning it at AutoZone 550, Northeast 122, Respond on Office 1,
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Engine 7 going on illegal burn,
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where transient out of fire going under a canopy are now pouring garbage on it and fanning it at AutoZone 550, Northeast 112, Respond on Office 1 at 1701.
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For Station 17 and Medic 1340, we finally have some info.
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They want a Code 3[1] ambulance.
03:13
They're on the Columbia River in the main channel in front of the Sexton Tavern, and they're going to need a boat to retrieve the patient.
03:23
Okay, so then this should be a rescue boat 17 response.
03:27
Let's go ahead and switch this over to Ops 10,
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and then you can show Rescue Boat 17 responding.
03:33
We'll go down and go out for rescue boat.
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I copy that.
03:39
Rescue boat 17 responding and switching this over to Ops 10.
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Do you want a dispatcher on Ops 10?
Police codes explained
The following codes appeared in the transcript and are explained below:
[1]
Code 3: Emergency response; proceed immediately using lights and sirens.
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Location mentioned:
Near NE Tomahawk Island Dr, Portland, OR 97217
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