Intoxicated man stranded on zipline tower in Douglas County, Douglas County CO
Medical EmergencyFire and police responded to an intoxicated man stranded on a zipline tower in Douglas County. The man was uninjured and attempting to remove his gear. Officers used a drone to assess the situation and coordinated a safe rescue from the tower.
Audio|Source: Douglas and Elbert County Fire Districts
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Transcript:
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Safety 151 command,
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you're the ISL.
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See if the concerns are a member falling off the tower when you're treating a victim.
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Safety 151 opinion.
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55 command.
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We're on property, we're just coming past the wreck, the next thing.
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Copy over at the amphitheater, I'm going to have Engine 152 working for you.
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So they can assist with whatever you need.
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The hope is we get your vehicle close.
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You're going to need to come in opposing on the loop at the amphitheater.
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And you'll scoot by Safety 151's vehicle and we have PDE.
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up there the fire road with strobes on and get you the rest of the way in see if we can get that truck up there if not do carry out with unit something
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Okay,
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so we'll make our way through past safety.
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I got 152 is working for me and we're going to be looking for PD tower 12 is the main tower up that road right the original tower is that correct?
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Yeah, I haven't gotten my map out yet, but I'll have 152 on foot falling up, working for you.
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All units, make sure you have your warmies.
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Command Safety 151.
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Go ahead.
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Alright, I just reviewed some drone footage with PD,
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myself, and Swan 155, consider our vehicles up there so I can take a couple up there.
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Copy. Engine 152 will be coming over to you to get a ride to me.
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Copy.
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Can we confirm, does the drone show him laying on the platform, or are we looking for him,
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like, upon the actual zip line?
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Go. Clare 1-5-1.
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Click 1-5-1.
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I'm here with the drone operator.
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He is standing on the platform.
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He's trying to get his gear off.
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He's not out on the line.
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As of yet.
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Copy.
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I think our only hazards is him falling off the platform or one of our folks, okay?
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Yeah, he's clipped into the line.
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He has gear.
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Copy. He just hasn't sent it yet, Craig.
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And it looks like PD is making their way up the tower now to make contact with it.
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Copy.
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Command Squad 155.
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Go ahead.
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Alright, we got a better visual.
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I don't know if you can see it from there, but they got the tower lit up with the drone, so we're going to re-position to try to come up on that back side, potentially.
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Copy looking at the Wolfensburger access or access where you're at?
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We may have to access off the Wolfenberger side and come up on the back side, but we're going to go down the fire road real quick and just take a quick look, but I'm thinking it might be the Wolfensburg or so I'll be that gate.
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Copy, if you need key, stop by here anyway.
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Repeat again.
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I'm not sure if that unit has the Knox skis, the park skis on it, so I was just saying you could swing by my vehicle if you need it.
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Good, Tadley.
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I don't know.
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Command 1-551.
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151.
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151, man.
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The patient does not appear to be injured at all.
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He's just trying to get his gear off the line.
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They're calling the officers up there right now to help him.
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So I think we need a sickle gear up there just yet.
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Copy. I'm going to still have Squad 155 work on Access.
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And is your medic hiking up? Are they standing fast right now?
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They're with me right now.
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We're just watching the footage from the drone.
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Coffee.
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Go ahead.
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PD's request that you come up on their channel.
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Okay,
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I'm on it, I haven't heard him call from you yet,
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but I'm on it.
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E Squad 5.
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8247.
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It looks like a two-track, we're going to make it a run.
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Based on the map, I think we're going to be able to actually make it all the way up here on the two-track.
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Do me a couple hundred feet, and I'll let you know.
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501-51. You're good to come up.
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A little bumpy, but you'll make it.
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Commandment Squad 155.
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Go ahead. All right, we're almost to the tower, myself,
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and Safety 151.
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Roads are a little bumpy, but we're good to make it up here.
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We're about, I don't know, 200 feet from the tower.
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We'll be up in the base here about a minute.
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Copy, did you copy any of my PD traffic I just had?
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I copy it a little bit.
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We got a good visual.
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He is still on the zip line.
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He's standing on the tower vertically.
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We have a visual of PD talking to him.
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yeah, and looks super intoxicated, so we'll take a look.
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Copy. He's making some strange statements.
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He's trying to course him to come up there.
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They're not going to go up there without being secure.
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So make a plan with them and we'll get him down.
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Yeah, good copy.
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Squad 155. We made it to the base.
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I'll be in touch with Pee Heaney.
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