Rescue Teams Evacuate Residents from Flooded Homes


Multiple rescue teams are helping people leave their homes due to flooding in East Ridge. They are using boats to assist residents, including the elderly and pets, trapped by the rising water.
Audio|Source: Hamilton County VFDs
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to command post. Command post, go ahead. We're clear from Swope and Hogdale. We're around to Swope and Clemens to assist our other team. Recease. 10301 Lee Highway, 1-0301 Lee Highway, between White Oak Valley Circle and Gilcrest Lane. Can you ever locate that party? That's right. We're just going to be able to now. I'm clear. 1515 still has one occupant refusing to leave. All right, I'm clear on 15. Battalion 1 Command Post. Go ahead. We're available to call if you got something. Command Post. Command Post. Squad 3. Go ahead. Sorry, do you need any additional location? We're just now pulling up on Maxwell. We're going to have to unload the boat and walk out then. It looks fairly deep down through here. But if we could get another boat, that would be good. I would say we're probably at 300-5thous one’s house or so. Received. Command Post, Battalion, if you could start your career into that location. Briefly, then right. It by the Maxwell area. It should be 1625, very road. Probably, very road. We're at 1613 Maxwell. That's where we're going on low boat side, is 1613 Maxwell. I have 1613 Maxwell. I don't know if I may have post. Go ahead, 809. All right, I've got one male party from 1532 Springvale. Also, a bit higher. We're going to be headed down to Clemens to extract the parties in stars. I'm clear. 809, is there any way you can give me a public service? I stand by one. 809 to Italian 1. You want to go ahead and put that... grass back in the water, making it halfway, got approximately 8 to 10 people on Clemens we're trying to evacuate. Water is up to the residence. I'm going to come in from the other end down here off the slope in Clemens. Okay, when I heard the boat gets you, we'll go down and get these folks out. What do y'all need the address in the county people that comes out? That's correct. If you just relay the address, how many people you take out, and if you need transport via PD for possible shelter location. He officers here, I don't know. He's going to hang out with it, so let me you can take care of that for her. Squad 2 command post. Okay, 2,000 command post. I don't know, Battalion 1. Battalion 8-09. It looks like you've got Dallas Bay, and I don't know who are all right there on. Clemmons coming your way. You're going to need us as well? I'll stand by I'll buy us on. We're going to be coming out of Clemens right here in the area of the area that's here. I'll be by a boat eight. I'm going to have a russar. I'll see you in it. I don't know. I'll tell you one feature left. I've used Dallas Bay, and I think it's Catusa, all stage right there on Clemens Road. Also, both like the command post, we are out of the water. Oh, sir. Communications, command post. Go ahead. Yes, sir. PDs out with a party, 1618 Key West Avenue, elderly female stuck in her garage with water coming in, just down the road from the Springville address. If I stayed or not. Go ahead, please. Do you have anybody you can stick on that? Got anybody you can send to 1618 Key West Avenue, check a party stuck in their garage? That's correct. With little resources I got down here, I'm going to need motorized boats to access to anything. from the bridge back and boat is currently out of service. Chris, our boat is in Chattanooga doing a rescue over there now. I'm clear. I was going back up that unit on Maxwell, the only start into Key West. That's correct, go ahead and check that. 16, 18, Key West Avenue. Copy, I'll be around. I'll be around. I'll take the 2,000 foot water team command post. Two cats, four people. 5-614 Clemens. They will not be transport. Clear on 5614 Clemens Row. Can you readvize the party count? Four souls, two cats.
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Clemons Rd, East Ridge, TN 37412
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