Rescue teams search Lake Cooley for missing person, Spartanburg County SC
Please note:
This is not an official report. The headline and summary are generated by automated AI systems from public-safety dispatch audio. Always verify with official sources.
As discussed during the dispatch call, emergency responders are conducting a search and rescue operation on Lake Cooley near Ballenger Road bridge. Fire boats and law enforcement officers are searching the water for a missing person. A blue and white four-person paddle boat is a key focus in the area. Additional information is being gathered from the subject's mother to aid the search.
Audio|Heard on: Spartanburg County Fire and Spartanburg City Fire
Listen to dispatch call
04:37
Transcript:
00:00
Battalion 20, car 292.
00:04
92, go ahead.
00:07
Holly Springs is pulling up there to the landing as well.
00:09
You want our boat in the water?
00:13
Fine, we'll go ahead and put yours in the water off site.
00:18
I got it.
00:26
On Battalion 20.
00:29
This is 10-20, go ahead.
00:33
So we get a law enforcement officer to go to the Ballenger Road bridge and check that area out.
00:45
Come on.
00:52
It's off of Lake Cooley command.
00:56
Lake Cooley, come in, go ahead.
00:59
Small maroon, can you get a law enforcement officer over the (number withheld) Kennedy?
01:05
Just to get additional information from the mother of the subject that we're looking for.
01:17
That's where ladder 52 is on scene.
01:31
North Bartonburg, percent oaking.
01:34
Green Road and Fort Prince Boulevard.
01:36
North Bartonburg, percent oaking.
01:38
Green Road and Fort Prince Boulevard.
01:48
Boat 22, come in.
01:58
You're going to be looking for a blue and white four-person paddle boat.
02:05
Blue and white four-person paddle boat,
02:09
possibly two-way dispersed beyond the bridge.
02:13
You'll have left fork and right fork.
02:22
Boat 36, go ahead.
02:32
Copy. You're right behind boat 22.
02:37
36, when you get past the bridge,
02:41
if you'll take the right side channel and boat 22, take the left side channel once you pass the bridge.
02:59
Roger, fifty-three.
03:08
Farmer North Farm Ring Engine Twenty.
03:12
Four hundred and 20 choking patient.
03:14
I mean, Shady Grove is here at Green Road and Fortress Boulevard.
03:20
Got my children's 20 in route.
03:22
And the comment is saying if I'm 85, so I'm 85 or moving down Port Frank, blah blah blah blah.
03:28
All right, yeah, we'll have friendship boats getting in the water here in a minute.
03:32
So we'll go ahead and get these searched on the other side of the bridge and then come back to this other one.
03:41
Copy.
03:48
Both 36, go ahead.
03:52
Go for it, 20.
03:56
They decided to be on POV.
03:57
I'll show you clear.
03:59
As you come up to the bridge, there's a channel on your right, very short channel.
04:04
Go check that real quick.
04:07
Boat 22 can go ahead and get straight under the bridge and start their search.
04:17
Boat 22, command.
04:26
Boat 22, commander.
04:33
Boat 22 is you copy? When you get under the bridge, we'll take the left fork and search that.
Disclaimer:
This transcript is automatically generated by AI from live dispatch audio. Dispatch communications may include background noise, overlapping speakers, or rapidly evolving situations, and automated transcription may not capture all details or context.
Note:
Auto-generated from live dispatch audio, which may contain errors. Dispatch calls are not confirmed incidents. Always verify with official sources.
