74-year-old man missing in wooded area near Covington, Covington IN
Missing PersonA 74-year-old man has been reported missing in a heavily wooded area near 530 W in Covington, Indiana. Emergency teams, including fire units and drones, are searching the area. The man has no known medical issues except an old knee injury and is believed to have possibly fallen. His phone has not been active since 9 a.m.
Audio|Source: Fountain County Fire and EMS, Warren County EMS
06:28
Transcript:
00:00
Could you get some fire units out here? We're going to need some people and see if Attica would bring their drone.
00:09
We have multiple agencies in rounds.
00:11
Also trying Attica.
00:13
They're in a parade at this time.
00:17
We've got a 1028 in the card when you guys are ready on the victim.
00:26
Dispatch, 865. I'm 10-8[1] from the interview. I'll be in route to 500 D's.
00:32
Eighty-six-five.
00:35
That's not.
00:53
Clear.
01:25
Got 2.3. Got one.
01:33
Dispatch, Tach 2 8, they're out with 2.
01:37
Clare.
01:42
Trag 28, that's 200 if you're out with 2.
01:56
Then grass 2-3 intact 28.
01:58
Stage at Independence Road, yeah,
02:01
Independence Road and 500 East until you get further direction.
02:07
200, did you have graphics for 2.8?
02:11
Just stage on Independence Road until I can get a better grip on what's going on so we don't model that. It's a dead end.
02:19
Cappy staging on Independence Road, we're just coming through cemeteries. We'll be in a minute.
02:24
All right, clear, I've got GTA about 4.
02:32
F-200, 1421 on fire on water on wallace.
02:38
Go ahead, 1421.
02:41
I'm going to assume incident command until you get here.
02:45
The EMS units also going to help me out with incident command.
02:48
We're going to have set up a grid system. There's a lot of woods out here,
02:51
and we're six hours behind the guy, wherever he could be.
02:55
There's multiple structures that me and the county units are going to clear.
02:59
He has no medical problems that we know of. He's 74 years old, no dementia,
03:04
no history of really anything other in the back right knee.
03:07
They think that he's probably fallen.
03:11
We go out into the woods like this.
03:14
What's your ETA here?
03:17
I hope you brought up in the tracking kit, Gwilder.
03:22
I have a K-night for tracking but the owner is going to be gone since it's six hours stale.
03:28
Clear.
03:44
Just answer.
03:51
You know for dispatch, go ahead.
03:57
Clear, I already called.
04:05
I already called out fire round one, but I'll advise everybody again.
04:12
No, that's fine. I was just letting you know that we're switching over to that channel for primary cons,
04:17
but it's sensitive.
04:19
I'm clear, thank you.
04:25
Zero one.
04:28
Go ahead.
04:31
So this at Walker's back at Dead Inn Lane.
04:38
Harmon, I have everybody stage at Independence Road.
04:45
Fair, I've probably got a six or seven minute A.J.
04:54
Dispatch, 200's arriving.
04:56
Are we clear to Maxine there? There's gunfire somewhere and maybe target shooting.
05:02
You're clear to Maxine. We've not heard of anything out there.
05:08
Okay, so there's a deputy, here's going to be northbound on the dead end. I'll follow in and set up the command standby for further.
05:19
Clear.
05:25
Okay to fire, standby for this action.
05:29
For a missing mail,
05:32
88 north-five east me to drown, fence-law.
05:55
This has a fire, respond to 888 North 530 East Pine Village with a drone for missing overly mail.
06:10
Units at 500E advise.
06:12
The mail's phone has not received or sent anything out since 9 a.m.
06:18
this morning.
06:24
dispatch 102, we're clear, and you can contact F100 as a drone available.
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10-8: In service / Available for calls
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Location mentioned:
Near N 530 W, Covington, IN 47932
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