Worker injured 300 feet up on tower rescue underway, Saucier MS
Medical EmergencyA worker was injured about 300 feet high while working on a tower near Cunningham Road. The worker may have lost a finger. Rescue teams are working to safely bring him down using ropes and a helicopter.
Audio|Source: Harrison County Fire Dispatch
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Transcript:
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are you standby for a medical on Cunningham Road?
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Thank you.
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Respond to near Cunningham Road with a cross street of Biloxi Cutoffs for a worker injured while working on a tower.
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They are attempting to rescue him from a bucket truck.
00:38
Possibly lost a finger.
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Good evening.
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Four hundred eight.
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One hundred eight.
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Fifteen throughout.
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Under 15 throughout.
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Uniter speak.
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Units responding to Cunningham roads.
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Go ahead, Tracy.
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He is about 300 feet in the air,
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but is awake and alert.
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Do you name, copy?
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Go ahead, Jeep.
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Do you want to consider a helicopter, maybe consider the Iberville.
01:44
Possibly we get Gulfport on the hook for some rope.
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Agree.
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Harris, battalion.
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Battalion.
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We request mutual aid for a ladder from the Iberville and contact Gulfport for rope rescue.
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Diablo Harrison, we copy direct.
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We'll be getting an area en route shorter.
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Location mentioned:
Near Cunningham Rd, Saucier, MS 39574
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