Bedford/Pound Ridge- Water Rescue 6-27-06

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Date: 06/27/06

Time: around 0600

Location: 559 pound ridge RD

Frequency:46.26, 46.06, 155.250 (BPD)

Units Operating: Bedford PD, pound ridge, Bedford dive team-109-rescue 44-52b1, Yorktown dive team, Somers dive team, field comm 1, greenwich dive, stamford dive, pound ridge vac, bedford hills engine 198 standing by, state dive, state helicopter, KBHVAC, mount pleasent, long ridge

Description Of Incident: BPD got a report of a (1) person in the water at 555 pound ridge RD. BPD reporting multiple people in the water, BPD investigated and reported it to be Blue Heron lake off of 559 pound ridge RD.

555 pound ridge rd and 559 pound ridge rd are located on a common drive way

559 pound ridge rd is location of command

0603 Bedford vill FD dispatched

0606 pound ridge fd dispatched

0610 BPD officers saying one person in the water over 100 yards out holding onto a floatation device, too far to contact

0616 2 BPD officers in the water, reporting 1 person missing for 10 min.

0619 3 persons out of the water on an island at this time with officers

0621 Yorktown dive dispatched

0624 SP dive team and bird notified

0625 BPD officers reporting 1 19 year old missing for around 20 mins, can not swim, BPD officers requesting mount pleasant dive team

0631 batt 16 requesting all incoming yorktown units to stage at 12 old Conner RD

0636 batt 16 requesting field comm

0640 60 control notifies batt 16 Yorktown dive team is unavailable

0641 BPD car 34 reporting 2 divers in the water at this time, divers are from Yorktown are on location

0641 BPD dispatch- no go on county helicopter, unknown about state PD helicopter, state dive team responding, mount pleasant dive team is assembling

0642 batt 16 requesting Somers dive team

0643 Somers dispatched for their dive team

0644 BPD car 34 requesting more boats-2 search boats in the water at this time

0645 Somers has 4 divers at this time, they will be responding shortly

0705 Somers utility 34 responding and 80 b3

0711 car 2443 is responding with more diver

0712 car 2443 will be responding with utility 35

0714 60 control update to batt 16, long ridge dive team is responding

0722 BPD car 39 responding back to BPD HQ for additional portables and equipment

0727 greenwich responding, 5 min eta

0734 80b3 onlocation

0737 BPD officers requesting the persons who were taken out of the water to be sent over to command for dive team questioning

0741 mobile command post (field comm)on location, stamford dive team on location

0749 Mount Pleasant dive team on location

0750 Somers untility 35 on location

0759 field comm requesting Bedford hills to stand by in BVFD

0801 KBHVAC requested to respond to BVFD

1234 BHFD off of stand by

1242 batt 16 returning from bedford

Writer: firefighter57

Edited June 27, 2006 by Firefighter57