Boat takes on water after hitting rock on river


A person on a boat reported that the boat hit a rock and started taking on water in the river. Emergency teams are responding to rescue the person who is alone on the boat, about 200 yards from shore.
Audio|Source: Portland Area Fire and Rescue
03:47
Transcript:
Is that's clearing off six? Good dispatch, calling on Water Rescue, Lamet River. East Bank south of Mile 1. Callers reporting his boat is taking on water. He's the only person on board, a bayliner. It's for Fireboat 17, engine 22, truck 22, C2, and Medic 336. This will be on Alps 6. Very dispatch with the repeat of water rescue, Williamette River, East Bank, south of Mile 1. Callers reportedly taking on water. Single person on board, a 21-foot bayliner. For Fireboat, Airboat, Engine, 22, Truck 22, C-2, and Medic 336. This is on Opt 6, 1858. Four. Copy. 5-325 North Williams with the starting mileage of 31714, taken 58. Dispatch, 317-14, we're going to take Broush Unit 22 and Utility 22 and Truck 22's place. And 22, if we can leave engine 22 in service, I don't think we need them to, if you're bringing those rigs. Samatch, go ahead with the readback of what information you got so forth. Yep, dispatch with the readback of the water rescue response, the limit river east bank south of miles one. Collar, is in a 21-foot bayliner boat that hit a rock and is taking on water. He's the only person on board. Water's about six foot deep, mapping about mid-channel. He's 200 yards from the shore. We have Rescue Boat 17, Z2, Meta 336, and brush unit 22 and round is 1900. No 1. Time out. 22, Medics 336. The pressure into 22, go ahead. Guys, where it's going to be, we're going to just plan on where to go stage the worst. Yeah, Medic 336, you guys can just stage in the parking lot of Kelly Point Park. We'll have better information. Copy that, Kelly Flint Park. Can you have us back to this call? We'll continue and we'll check up the industrial side of it just to try to get eyes on it. It's right there, between Kelly Point and the industrial side. Copy. Water rescue at the Lama River East Bank south of Mile 1. You're doing fireboat 17, C2, 936, Freshion of 22, Rescue Boat 80, and engine 22 already en route. Rescue Boat 21 being requested on the Water Rescue, Willamette River, east bang south of mile 1, enjoying fireboat 7, C2, May 336, fresh unit 22, rescue boat 80 inch and 22 already en route. You'll be on Ops 6 and 1902. Dispatch there was a direct call from the caller, I'm assuming, on the boat. A-Firm directly from the person on the boat. All right, well, just if you call them back, just if you got a life jacket, we got a boat coming. I don't know what exactly our land resources are going to do to help them out, but we do have the fireboat and route, you can call them back. Just make sure you got his life jacket on.
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Burnside Brg, Portland, OR 97214
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