Friday, March 27, 2009
Thursday, March 26, 2009
Thursday, March 26, 2009
Team One report by Robert Heinz via cell phone and email.
Team Two report by Clif Brochman via cell phone.
Photos by Robert Heinz.
Fargo, ND
0730 found us in the daily planning meeting at the Holiday Inn
Fargo. The Red River waters were continuing to rise and we had a feeling it would be a busy day. DART Team One deployed to Oxbow, ND along with Auxiliarist Don Garvey. Our comms capabilities were not requested.
At 0840, we received a request to monitor Ch 22 A for helicopter operations. Calls were starting to come in from the public. Sandbag dikes around some homes were starting to give way and people needed help to escape the rising waters.
We monitored the portable radio until 1035 when we established comms with the helicopter. AuxCom1 set up in Holiday Inn parking lot at 1040. We continued to facilitate communications between the helo and base until 1350 when a second helicopter enroute from Bismarck to Fargo entered our area of operation. We continued tasking for both Helicopters for the rest of the afternoon until they secured for the evening.
Approximately 25 residents were evacuated via Coast Guard helicopters today.
Bismarck, ND
DART team two and AuxCom2 were on standby in Bismarck today as authorities carefully monitored a large ice dam just north of town. The concern was that pressure created by the ice dam might breach one of the city levees. A breach could flood area neighborhoods in a matter of minutes requiring quick action by rescue teams.
During the morning, teams from the US Corps of Engineers and the National Guard successfully blasted and cleared the worst of the ice dam obstruction and waters started flowing again. Around 1200, the helicopter assigned to Bismarck was released to go back to Fargo, where residents were calling in for rescue help. The rest of the team remained on standby in Bismarck.
Team One report by Robert Heinz via cell phone and email.
Team Two report by Clif Brochman via cell phone.
Photos by Robert Heinz.
Fargo, ND
0730 found us in the daily planning meeting at the Holiday Inn
Fargo. The Red River waters were continuing to rise and we had a feeling it would be a busy day. DART Team One deployed to Oxbow, ND along with Auxiliarist Don Garvey. Our comms capabilities were not requested.At 0840, we received a request to monitor Ch 22 A for helicopter operations. Calls were starting to come in from the public. Sandbag dikes around some homes were starting to give way and people needed help to escape the rising waters.
We monitored the portable radio until 1035 when we established comms with the helicopter. AuxCom1 set up in Holiday Inn parking lot at 1040. We continued to facilitate communications between the helo and base until 1350 when a second helicopter enroute from Bismarck to Fargo entered our area of operation. We continued tasking for both Helicopters for the rest of the afternoon until they secured for the evening.
Approximately 25 residents were evacuated via Coast Guard helicopters today.Bismarck, ND
DART team two and AuxCom2 were on standby in Bismarck today as authorities carefully monitored a large ice dam just north of town. The concern was that pressure created by the ice dam might breach one of the city levees. A breach could flood area neighborhoods in a matter of minutes requiring quick action by rescue teams.
During the morning, teams from the US Corps of Engineers and the National Guard successfully blasted and cleared the worst of the ice dam obstruction and waters started flowing again. Around 1200, the helicopter assigned to Bismarck was released to go back to Fargo, where residents were calling in for rescue help. The rest of the team remained on standby in Bismarck.
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