Man found floating holding kayak at Olin Park, Madison WI
Medical EmergencyA man was found floating in the water near the boat landing at Olin Park. He was holding onto a kayak and was no longer moving. Fire and EMS units launched a boat to attempt a rescue.
Audio|Source: Dane County Fire, Sun Prairie Police and Fire
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Transcript:
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We're going on location at the boat landing, Olin Park,
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31 will have command.
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Copy, Car 31 on location in command.
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On center, engine 6 on location.
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Engine 6 on scene.
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Med 3, St. Traffic.
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Med 3 on scene.
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who will be at first aid?
00:48
On, in the tree line, between the trees and the water, like quite a way south,
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east along the shoreline, uh,
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they're advising the subject in the water off the boat ramp, though.
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Happy, we have nothing on visual from the, uh, the dock at the boat landing.
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Copy that, it should be a green and white kayak with one person on the kayak and then, I believe, another person possibly struggling in the water holding under it?
01:19
No,
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attention.
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Let's see one of the...
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Man, something comes there?
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Yeah, go ahead.
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Correction on the previous there, so no one's on a kayak, it's just a male holding onto the kayak, no longer moving.
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And the caller appears to be about 1,600 feet southeast from the boat ramp.
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After that,
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just preparing to launch the boat,
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and we have engine 6 going down chart to try to get eyes on.
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And from end of six.
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This is six. Just spoke with someone who was with the call taker and he's directing us just a couple hundred feet down the path here yet.
02:19
But confirming that the one man in the water hang on the kayak.
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Copy that. Count center, votes launched.
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Copy, both launched, 1522.
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Command from 602, we still have verbal contact with the vote.
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We have verbal contact, contact.
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We just heard him, we can't see them yet.
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Location mentioned:
Olin Park, 1156 Olin-Turville Ct, Madison, WI 53715
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