Vehicle trapped in canal near Van Buren street rescued, Buckeye AZ
Fire crews rescued one person trapped inside a vehicle that had gone into a canal near 155th Avenue and West Van Buren Street in Buckeye. The vehicle was secured using a winch and ladder during the rescue.
Audio|Source: Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management
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Transcript:
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All right, I'm going to go ahead and have you commit down near 155th.
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Come on all the way towards the back,
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towards the north,
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and we'll have you secure the vehicle once you get in there.
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Ladder 251 copies.
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We're coming in from 155th all the way to the north side.
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We'll have vehicle hazards in securing people.
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That's permanent.
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West Van Buren Street.
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Engine 161.
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K-deck 9.
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Stay available.
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We're just going to bring your crew in.
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We're going to have you assist with treatment in extricating the station out of the canal.
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And then we'll have you address vehicle hazards once we get the patient out.
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Okay, it copies our best orientation.
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Going to be nosing in, any chance we're going to need to winch or anything like that.
01:18
Yeah, you're probably going to need to potentially use the winch.
01:28
Okay, we copy order to know, Sam.
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The alarm to come in.
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Command, go ahead.
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We're at ten minutes on the timer.
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Have me ten minutes.
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On the time.
01:55
Can we confirm that we just have the one patient?
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I mean.
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We just have the one patient.
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We have just the one patient, and I apologize, I give the wrong timer for I have 15 minutes on the timer 1-5.
02:17
That'd be one button.
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Ladder 251, man.
02:28
Go ahead, Ladder 251.
02:34
Okay, Chief, I met up with Engine 256.
02:37
Car feels pretty secure but we're going to hook the winch to it and just pull it tight so we have a tagline to it so it can't fall on the canal.
02:45
As far as getting the patient out of the canal, we're going to use our 20-foot ladder and we can lash the backward to the ladder and that'll give us a lot of handholds, pull the victim up and out.
02:59
Command copies.
03:01
You're going to secure the vehicle and utilize your 20-foot pattern to execute the patient.
03:10
DEC 9, 962[1], 43rd Avenue and Southern Avenue, Engine 39, K-deck 9.
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Happy 20 minutes on this time.
03:32
Engine 8. Fire Channel 8.
03:35
Check fire out.
03:37
1442, East Garfield Street.
03:39
Engine 8. Fire Channel A5.
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Engine 14.
03:49
Fire channel A9.
03:51
Fire alarm indication.
03:53
3402, West McDowell Road.
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Engine 14.
03:56
Fire Channel A9.
04:07
Engine 204, C-DEC3, abdominal pain BLS, near South Grant, Engine 204, C-DEC3.
04:18
The station is out of canal, 2001-101.
Police codes explained
The following codes appeared in the transcript and are explained below:
[1]
962: Injury traffic collision
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Location mentioned:
Van Buren St, Buckeye, AZ 85326
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