hospital power outage causes ambulance diversions, Watertown WI

Medical Emergency

Reported: 11/11/2025 08:45 PM

Summit Ave, Watertown, WI 53094

A power outage at Fort Hospital caused all incoming ambulances to be redirected to Watertown and Aurora Summit hospitals. EMS units transporting patients were notified and changed their destinations accordingly. Contact was made to inform the patient's relative about the diversion.

Audio|Source: Lake Mills Police/Fire, Jefferson County Sheriff, Fire and EMS

02:16

Transcript:

00:00

Transporting 1 to Fort Connergent.

00:03

10-4[1].

00:11

Jefferson County from 8862.

00:15

Go ahead.

00:19

We're back in the station.

00:23

104.

00:29

8851 to 889 to 8851 Lake Mills.

00:38

Go ahead, this is 51.

00:43

5-1, just info.

00:44

We just got a hold of four hospital day-around diversion due to a powerout issue.

00:48

So we're changing our destination, so I don't know if they'll take your patient.

00:58

Sheriffson County from Lake Mills 88-51.

01:00

5-1, go ahead.

01:05

We are changing our destination from Fort to Watertown.

01:12

Ten,

01:15

four, I just got a call from Fort Thirty are diverting everyone, so 5-9 a wall slash a divert.

01:22

Notifying from it also please notify to please go back to the patient's daughter on near Eastlake Park Place and notify her of the diversion as well, please.

01:34

Are you covered?

01:41

6861

01:44

Pays for nine

01:48

889 will be diverting from Fort Hospital to Aurora Summit.

01:53

Super.

01:57

5-1, where are you going?

02:02

8-8-59 will be transporting to Aurora Summit.

02:07

September, 599, Kappa, you're going to Summit.

02:09

8-8-5-1, where are you going?

02:14

5-1 is going to Watertown.

Police codes explained

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[1]

10-4: Acknowledgement/Affirmative

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Summit Ave, Watertown, WI 53094

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