Water rescue aids injured male near Billy Goat Trail, Potomac MD
Medical EmergencyA male fell near Billy Goat Trail within Great Falls Park and sustained minor injuries. Multiple rescue boats responded to the scene. The patient is conscious and able to walk back along the trail. A utility terrain vehicle was sent for assistance to transport the patient safely from the trail to the visitor center in the park.
Audio|Source: Montgomery County MD Fire Rescue 7A4 Incident 10
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Transcript:
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Fairfax is also operating on the water and they have a full assignment.
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We're listening to them on their channel, just an FYI.
00:12
Okay.
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The building command from Fairfax Cleveland.
00:22
Okay.
00:24
Okay.
00:26
Just give you guys a heads up. We have three boats currently on the way up to the what-through word location.
00:33
And I've already put a fourth boat with the medical equipment to head up that way.
00:41
Okay.
00:42
Okay.
00:47
Do you have boat identifiers and number of personnel as I'm operating on our channel?
00:57
Two boat identifiers of 418, Swiftwater 418 Bravo, Silverwater 421, and they are all operating on your channel.
01:15
Okay, thank you.
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The quarter 710 Bravo lost with three.
01:29
Florida when the war was reached.
01:36
On Cover Command, Swiss Warrior 418, and beyond the sanitation.
01:41
May Billy Goet Trail, parallel with Rocky Island.
01:49
At a battalion two is on the scene, the patient face and face with tactical command.
01:53
I'm going to go ahead and assume the command. We'll have the command post set up at Hangar's boat launch.
02:00
I'm direct on the Fairfax Southwest 418, taking patient contact at Rockies Island.
02:08
And I'm direct on the Fairfax Division having three posts in the water and a complement of resources on this.
02:19
Okay, we tell you 7-2 with command at 1504.
02:27
Command, Eagle 2, arriving overhead, on stage.
02:32
Hi, Tom, Eagle 2, you arrived overhead and just stand by until we see what the 14 has got for feedback.
02:43
Montgomery, command from Fairfax Division.
02:47
We had one boat, crew of two, Swiftwater 421, heading to the location with medical equipment.
02:56
My command track, Fairfax 421 with two and medical equipment. Is that ALS equipment?
03:07
Affirmative.
03:09
Give me staffing for 418 and 418 Bravo, but they're in the water. I need the personnel numbers.
03:21
418 has a crew of two, 418 Bravo has a crew of two,
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421, crew of two. District of 421, crew of three, 6401 Bravo, crew of three.
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All right, and then just want to catch up here. You got 412 in the water.
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We've got 418 with patient contact. What are the boats do you have in the water?
03:49
We have four boats in the water.
03:52
Swiftwater 418, Surfwater 418 Bravo.
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Swiftwater 421, Swiftwater 421 Bravo.
03:59
The one has patient contact served at Swiftwater 418.
04:07
All right, just no more boats in the water. Your AOS provider, stay at Sandy Landing,
04:12
in case we bring the patient back there.
04:14
I've got Swiftwater 710 and Swiftwater 710 Bravo, Swiftwater 430 Bravo.
04:20
R to Montgomery County boats also in the water. That's six folks, I think we're good with that.
04:28
We have a Fairfax division you direct on just holding Swiftwater 412 on the shore for patient.
04:37
We're direct.
04:43
Sam from Swiftwater 40414.
04:47
Go ahead, Swiftwater 14.
04:52
Conscious alert male, BLS injuries in nature from a fall.
04:56
Our best route of egress will be back to the Billy Goat Trail.
05:00
He's parked at the visitor center. I'm sure if he's going to go, but he will take an assessment.
05:07
All right, you have a BLS patient.
05:10
Is he going to be able to walk or do we have got to carry him? How is he going to be back to the delivery trail?
05:21
The Parapax 418, I need to know how you're going to evac that patient. If we can get resources to you or is he able to come out on his own power.
05:33
Command, he can ambulate back to the physical Billy Goat Trail, so we have a UTV that can come down the towpath or something to pick them up.
05:41
All right, that's what we'll do.
05:43
Command to Utility, um, correction, UTV, 711.
05:51
Yeah, we're almost in the parking line at Anglers,
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uh, Great Falls.
05:59
All right, you're going to go ahead and proceed to Great Falls Park deploy your UTV to the ability to go to trail. The station will be meeting you there, correct.
06:13
UTV's correct.
06:18
And when you get a chance, we're not Caltaudful on so we can track you. Command, ammo, 710.
06:28
Samuel in 710.
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I need you to read the point through the Great Falls Park as it receives a patient and sees the any transport enough.
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Location mentioned:
Billy Goat Trail Section A, Potomac, MD 20854
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