NORTH BATTALION MARINE INCIDENT
Incident #: 2011029520 Date of Incident: 7/26/2011 Issuing Officer: AC Schaeffer
Narrative:
On Tuesday July 26, 2011 at 11:09AM, 5 Companies of Spokane Firefighters, 2 Engines, 1 Marine Unit (W16), 1 Special Rescue (R4) and 1 Senior Ladder (L2) under the direction of Deputy Chief Hanna responded to a reported person in the Spokane River at 3231 West Boone Avenue (San Souci Mobile Home Park) While responding, firefighters were notified by Fire Dispatch that a human body wearing a purple shirt was in the water. The first company arrived within 8-minutes and confirmed that a body was visible, established a unified command with the SPD and developed a recovery plan. The SFD's Marine Rescue Team and Technical Rescue Team was utilized to access the body, confirm death and transport the body to awaiting Police Detectives. There were no injuries to rescuers during this incident and the recovery effort was executed flawlessly.
Cause:
N/A
Damage:
Under investigation by SPD.
# Firefighters Repsonding: 18
End Of Release For more information on this release please call (509) 625-7002
No comments:
Post a Comment
This is a moderated blog. We expect that participants will treat each other with respect. All comments will be reviewed before posting. We will not post comments that contain vulgar language; personal attacks of any kind; or offensive terms that target specific ethnic or racial groups. We will not post comments that are spam, are clearly off topic or that promote services or products. Comments that make unsupported accusations will also not be posted.