Person stranded over embankment needs rope rescue, Pend Oreille County WA


A patient is stranded over the edge of a steep embankment about 50 feet down. Rescue teams are preparing to use ropes and special equipment to extract the patient safely.
Audio|Source: Inland Northwest Fire and Sheriff - Multiple Counties
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Transcript:
00:00
To this call, the patient is over the edge and we're going to need ropes.
00:06
Cover that.
00:11
52, 522, we're on 53 right now.
00:15
Look at your way, do you want to encode response?
00:21
They won't go.
00:28
I just got a call
00:53
I think we're going to need our wheel or ropes for you. I'm not sure report was 50 foot over an embankment. I'm imagining it's probably pretty steep. It might be a rope situation.
01:08
I'm going to have one of our other division chiefs get our stokes and wheel.
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Location mentioned:
Ponderosa Pl, Washington 99156
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