Person rescued after jumping from I-90 bridge, Seattle WA
Emergency responders conducted a water rescue for a person who jumped from the I-90 bridge near Day Street Park in Seattle. Rescue swimmers and watercraft reached the patient under the westbound span of the bridge. The patient was safely recovered from the water and transferred to the shore for medical care.
Audio|Source: Seattle Fire / Seattle Police East / South Precincts
07:12
Transcript:
00:00
Command for Medic 44, do you want the medics to go on the I-90 or to Day Street?
00:08
Let's have medic resources westbound.
00:11
That's likely going to be our extraction point,
00:14
so we want to be able to get them on that side of I-90.
00:22
We're going to be continuing.
00:29
Number six, you need a head or two to continue.
00:35
Okay, hope you're responding to the westbound I-90.
00:43
Command Battalion 5 from Safety 2. It sounds like there's two incident commanders. I think latter 3 might not have heard your assumption.
00:54
Uh, I'd be trying to set up you. I need a welcoming party when I used to chill.
01:03
Free seats.
01:09
Swimmer one in the water.
01:11
Man,
01:16
engine 25. We got a rescue swimmer or a minute out. Would you like us eastbound or westbound?
01:23
Water three from command, take your swimmer to the westbound bridge.
01:32
Man from engine 25, you would like us to go westbound?
01:40
The patient is reported to be underneath the westbound bridge.
01:44
Just from command, I've moved the command post to Day Street Park and have a view of the westbound span.
01:52
Okay, command post moving Day Street Park with a view of the westbound bridge.
01:58
Command Rescue Watercraft underway.
02:02
They rescue watercraft underway.
02:07
He is reported underneath the westbound span of the bridge.
02:14
Rescue watercraft and fireboat information.
02:17
We just drilled in that area on the fireboat. There is small vessel access on the west side in between both lanes.
02:28
Rest, okay.
02:32
Command from engine 6, Washington State Patrol is on a small vessel in the passageway between westbound and eastbound I-90.
02:39
Swimmers will be blocked by the tracks if they're going westbound trying to enter the water.
02:44
I'm out there on.
02:49
Robert 31.
02:52
Yeah,
02:53
can you call back or complain until I'm right of dancing and confirm the address is (number withheld) self-angling, or ring arrow, etc.
03:06
I like this.
03:12
Call in the 5-2.
03:16
Paul, Roger.
03:19
Good there.
03:20
I don't know Rafforsani.
03:23
Okay.
03:28
Command from Dismatch, if we have units coming over from Bellevue Mercer Island responding westbound, do you still need them or should we code green them?
03:37
The east side units can code green. We have sufficient water rescue resources.
03:44
Okay, well co-dreen east side.
03:48
Man from Italian 2. Italian 2 is in place, rescue group supervisor westbound.
03:54
All units in the west side will have to cross the tracks to get into our patient.
04:05
Command, engine 13, swimmer 3 is splashed off of engine 25.
04:09
Victim is at the boat with two rushing swimmers.
04:14
Commander Kay, rescue swimmer three splash and two swimmers with the patient.
04:23
Command Rescue Water Gras on scene and interface with the swimmers at pickupers in the water.
04:32
Rescue, Wintercraft on scene.
04:38
Agent 13 patient is on rescue watercraft coming to the shore.
04:46
Commander Pay Rescue Watercraft has the patient.
04:54
Information only at a George Fector at the I-90 Bridge going left-bound.
04:59
There was a subject that jumped from the bridge.
05:03
Fire and State Patrol are en route.
05:15
Smithville complete.
05:18
President. 1022.
05:20
Control. Now there's 3, 4.0.
05:25
First.
05:27
The two groups from the command, I have asked you one at the Strait Park.
05:36
Leisure is a...
05:41
Command Rescue Group Supervisor, all swimmers are out of the water with the exception of one swimmer who went with the rescue watercraft to Dave Bees from engine 6.
05:51
Command, okay, one swimmer with the rescue watercraft to the patient to shore, all other swimmers are out of the water.
06:02
Yeah, one sound, I'll get a call.
06:08
from Rescue Group. Recommend we discontinue Rescue Group. All units will put themselves in service once they're back in the city.
06:16
Command, okay.
06:18
Rescue Group disband.
06:20
Dispatcher from Command. Rescue Group is going to be disbanded. Units will place themselves in service when available.
06:28
Okay, Rescue Group disbanded. Units put themselves in service when available.
06:36
Dispatch from Fireboat, can you please Fireboat in service?
06:42
Okay, Fireboat in service.
06:44
Okay,
06:46
Fireboat in service.
06:48
We're approaching the shore now, transferring the patient.
06:55
Rescue Watercraft, okay, Rescue One is going to receive the patient, medic 28th and around.
07:05
Commander Rescue One, we have the patient on the beach.
07:10
Commander Kay, patient on the beach.
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