Medical helicopter lands on rural road for patient pickup, Rice County MN
Medical EmergencyA medical helicopter coordinated with deputies and fire units to land on 690th Street in Rice County, Minnesota, for emergency patient transport. Deputies blocked the road to create a safe landing area between squad cars, noting nearby hazards such as power lines and trees.
Audio|Source: Rice County Fire and EMS
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Transcript:
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Grand Metal Fire, this is Mayo 1 on S-Tec 1, Grand Metal Fire,
00:03
this is Mayo 1 on S-Tac-1, Grand Metal Fire, Mayo 1, S-Tac-1, S-Tac-1.
00:12
Mauer County Deputy 5045.
00:14
I'll have to be ground contact for you guys, some fire's too far out.
00:17
Sound good, sir.
00:18
We're showing about three minutes to the scene.
00:21
Do you want to describe the landing zone for us?
00:23
There's going to be power lines to the left.
00:25
On the west side of the road, we're going to have to have you guys land in the middle of the road here on 690th Street.
00:31
My squad car is parked probably about an eighth of a mile from the intersection, currently to block the road off since it's just myself.
00:38
The roads are just dusty, so we're going to have to land you guys right in the middle of the road here.
00:42
With that landing in the middle of the road, power lines to the west,
00:45
are you going to try to secure the scene by yourself in both directions and just leave your car and block the other side or what's your plan for?
00:53
I have another car now right at the end of my north.
00:57
kind of the area I want you guys to land in then I'll be right at the intersection there.
01:02
So land more towards the north car and then we'll have to just transport you guys up there if that works for you guys.
01:08
Coming that, we'll land between the squad cars in the middle of the road.
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Mower County 5045.
01:16
May I want to go ahead, sir?
01:17
Both of us will have our emergency lights on and just let us know if you can assist you guys as landing and it sounds like they're going to load the patient up in a unit and bring them to us, so.
01:27
Copy that, we'll let you know.
01:28
Thank you.
01:29
Mower County 5045 to mail one.
01:31
Mail one.
01:32
I apologize. I forgot to mention trees right in front of my car here to south.
01:36
That's why I want you to stay more towards the north squad than you should just have the power lines to the west.
01:42
Copy that. We see them.
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We're overhead.
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