Boat motor dies with two cold occupants on lake

Heard on: Waukesha County WI Fire Dispatch

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This transcript is auto-generated from live dispatch audio and may be incomplete or inaccurate. It is not an official report and may change.

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I see yourself attached here to Bravo Level Watercraft in distress on Lac La Belle.

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We're currently trying to get proper coordinates.

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The motor died on the boat.

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There is two people on the boat saying that they're just cold.

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And they don't have any lights other than their phones.

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PD is requesting a fire department response.

00:21

Per the response plan, I upgraded to a level one and tone out.

00:28

I see tone out station 53 units.

00:30

That's correct.

00:32

We'll just have them pull the watercraft, access city beach.

00:37

Copy.

00:39

And West Shore Lake Battalion 51,

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the coordinates were updated.

00:46

It's near Bucks Island Drive or just south of Blackhawk Drive.

00:57

I copy the location, thank you.

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Dispatch, this is Station 53.

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Station 53.

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Be acknowledged.

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We'll be setting up the boat.

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I copy.

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Battalion 51 from station one on 52.

2026-10-22 05:23 UTC

Medical Emergency

Blackhawk Dr, Oconomowoc, WI 53066

Boat motor dies with two cold occupants on lake

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As discussed during the dispatch call, a watercraft with two people aboard was reported in distress on Lac La Belle near Bucks Island Drive and just south of Blackhawk Drive. The boat’s motor had stopped, and the people were cold with only phone lights available. Police requested a fire department response, and a level one response was activated with a boat access from the city beach.

Boat motor dies with two cold occupants on lake

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