The Fairhope Volunteer Fire Department (VFD) rescued a man Friday afternoon after heavy flooding.
Dispatchers received a call at 2:26 p.m. about a person in the river off Boone Lane. Multiple crews responded and performed a swift water rescue with assistance from the Alabama Law Enforcement Agency (ALEA), Daphne Search and Rescue, Daphne and Fish River/Marlow and Silverhill Fire Departments and Medstar.
Fairhope VFD Capt. David Wyatt located the man hanging on a tree and firefighters and an ALEA trooper entered the floodwaters to communicate with him. After a local citizen deployed a boat, crews were able to rescue the man.
Fairhope VFD thanked Baldwin County 911 for “great communication.”
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