Flood Call 647
Ringing and voices in background, operator calls fire chief Keith Johnson at the Fire Hall in Emerado, asks him if it can be used as a relief shelter for flood evacuees. He says that he will have to call in some volunteers to help set it up but that people can bring their stuff and seek shelter there.
| Date | April 18th 1997, 9:48 pm |
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| Duration | 86 seconds |
| Channel | 25 |
| Direction | outgoing call |
| Abstract By | Erin Lurie |
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Transcript
The following transcript was automatically generated, and has not been reviewed for accuracy. It may contain errors.
Hello?
Hi, May I speak with Chief Johnson, please?
I'm speaking.
Hi, Chief Johnson. This is Kristen calling from the 911 Center downtown in Grandport.
Calling from where?
The 911 Center in Grandport, Central District.
Yeah.
We are starting to evacuate. You had said that there is a possibility of having the fire hall as a shelter.
Yes, I can. It'll take a little while to get it up and running, but we can do that.
Okay, I don't know how many people, anything, the mayor is going over and asking for a voluntary evacuation of the entire city.
The mayor is asking for evacuation of the entire city?
She's going to broadcast the people's safety of voluntary evacuation of the city.
So we know that there's going to be some people that are heading out west.
So I just want to see if the shelter was still okay and you guys will be able to open it.
It is okay. It'll take me a few minutes to get a few folks over, get trucks out.
I'll need some kind of stuff for them to sleep on, COTS, if there's an illness.
Most of them are trying to bring a blanket and a pillow at least with them.
Bring their sleeping bags.
I just wanted to make sure before we told anybody that that was still okay.
Okay.
Thanks for your help.
Anything else I can do, let me know.
Thank you.
Thank you.
Bye-bye.