WATER RESCUE NEAR LAWRENCE'S FISHERY WEST SIDE OF CHICAGO RIVER NEAR CERMAK RD AND CANAL ST, CHICAGO -- FOUR-AMBULANCE RESPONSE

    SAT AUG 08 2015 ~4:20 AM
    CHICAGO FIRE DEPARTMENT
    PERSON IN THE WATER/WATER RESCUE RESPONSE
    CERMAK AND CANAL CHICAGO, IL

    REPORT OF A PERSON IN THE WATER ON THE WEST SIDE OF THE SOUTH BRANCH OF THE CHICAGO RIVER -- NEAR CERMAK AND CANAL OFF OF LUMBER ST.

    CALLER REPORTS FRIEND FELL IN THE WATER.

    UNKNOWN PERSONNEL: "GIVE ME A LINE!" ... "I MAY HAVE TO GO IN IF THE COMPANIES DON'T GET HERE" AT 4:24 AM (BELIEVED TO BE VOICE OF BC2).

    RESCUE HELICOPTER 6-8-1 BRINGING DIVERS FROM POLICE MARINE HEADQUARTERS TO THE SCENE.

    221 REPORTS VICTIM OUT OF THE WATER AND BEING ASSESSED BY A19 CREW BY 4:34 AM.

    221 REPORTS A19 TRANSPORTED ONE FEMALE PATIENT CODE RED TO LEVEL I TRAUMA CENTER NORTHWESTERN MEMORIAL HOSPITAL.

    TWO MALE PATIENTS TRANSPORTED CODE GREEN TO MERCY.  MALES WERE NOT IN THE WATER.

    ALL DIVERS OUT OF THE WATER BY 4:45 A.M.

    ONE FIRE OFFICER TO THE HOSPITAL FOR PRECAUTIONARY TESTING.

    FOURTH AMBULANCE REQUESTED FOR A FIREFIGHTER INJURED CODE GREEN -- A4 RESPONDING.

    TWO MEMBERS RECEIVED MINOR CUTS BY DEBRIS FLYING FROM THE DOWNDRAFT FROM RESCUE HELICOPTER 6-8-1 WHILE DIVERS WERE BEING DEPLOYED.

    UNITS ASSIGNED ...

    ENGINE(S): E8?   E ??

    TRUCK(S): T4

    SQD ??

    WATER RESPONSE: FAST BOAT 6-8-8,
    SCUBA DIVE TEAM 6-8-7, RESCUE HELICOPTER 6-8-1

    CHIEF(S): BC2 DEPUTY DISTRICT CHIEF (SCUBA) 6-8-6, SPECIAL OPERATIONS BC 5-1-5

    EMS: A19 A66 A41 A4  FC457?

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