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Buoy Floating in Water Mistaken for Person in Need of Help Near North 5th Street Pier

N 5th St & Kent Ave, Williamsburg, Brooklyn

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Summary

  • Emergency responders, including FDNY Marine units, were dispatched to N 5th St & Kent Ave in Brooklyn following reports of a person in the water. Police and firefighters are on the scene to investigate and assist.

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The object in the water was confirmed to be a buoy, not a person. All units are being released from the scene.

Brooklyn FDNY · 0:24
Battalion 35 to Brooklyn. 35. Box 106, we can go with a 10-31 for the investigation. We've confirmed with PD that it's a buoy in the water, not a person. You can release all units. We're 10-8K. 10-4.

Live user video shows firefighters, police and EMS leaving the pier without any individuals in need of help. Citizen is waiting on radio communications to confirm.

FDNY Marine units from Queens are en route to aid in the search.

The 911 caller is no longer on scene, per fire dispatch.

Brooklyn FDNY · 0:31
It was a looker, K. They're not at the location anymore.10-4. Battalion 518 Brooklyn. 5-8. You can cut the Marine units from our box. We're not really on the water yet. 10-4. Marine 3. Marine 3, 10-4, 10-8. Marine 9, you go 10-8 and slow it down. 10-4.

Dispatch describes the person in need of help as wearing a gray coat and "drifting uptown".

Brooklyn FDNY · 0:30
Marine Battalion to Brooklyn. Marine Battalion. Our ETA is 01065 minutes, do you have any additional information, specifically where the person is in the water or any idea? Supposed to be a person in a gray gray coat, drifting uptown. Marine Battalion, 10-4.

FDNY Marine units were dispatched. Citizen user video shows them arriving at the scene.

Brooklyn FDNY · 0:31
Responding 106 box. 221, respond. 104. 104. You're going to be the water ice rescue K for box 106. 104, 10-4. Marine 9. On your frequency, responding box 2377. 10-4. Marine 6. Marine 6.

Firefighters are en route to the scene.

FDNY Citywide 1 · 0:06
Water Rescue. Citywide announcement of a possible 106.

Police were dispatched to the scene and have since arrived to investigate.

NYPD Citywide 1 · 0:20
Southbound to the 94, receiving a water rescue job, 5th Street and Kensington, 5th Street and Kensington, drifting into the water. Get time, 11.

Firefighters are responding to a report of a person in the water.

FDNY EMS CW1 · 0:30
XR2. XR2. XR2, showing us responding to North 5th Street, cross of 10 Avenue and Borough of Brooklyn, box number 0106 for person in the water. 10-4, CAD number 2190. You have 35 William, two-way bump, conditions 35, respond and put your notice...

A 911 caller has reported an unconfirmed incident at N 5th St & Kent Ave.

The object in the water was confirmed to be a buoy, not a person. All units are being released from the scene.

Brooklyn FDNY · 0:24
Battalion 35 to Brooklyn. 35. Box 106, we can go with a 10-31 for the investigation. We've confirmed with PD that it's a buoy in the water, not a person. You can release all units. We're 10-8K. 10-4.

Live user video shows firefighters, police and EMS leaving the pier without any individuals in need of help. Citizen is waiting on radio communications to confirm.

FDNY Marine units from Queens are en route to aid in the search.

The 911 caller is no longer on scene, per fire dispatch.

Brooklyn FDNY · 0:31
It was a looker, K. They're not at the location anymore.10-4. Battalion 518 Brooklyn. 5-8. You can cut the Marine units from our box. We're not really on the water yet. 10-4. Marine 3. Marine 3, 10-4, 10-8. Marine 9, you go 10-8 and slow it down. 10-4.

Dispatch describes the person in need of help as wearing a gray coat and "drifting uptown".

Brooklyn FDNY · 0:30
Marine Battalion to Brooklyn. Marine Battalion. Our ETA is 01065 minutes, do you have any additional information, specifically where the person is in the water or any idea? Supposed to be a person in a gray gray coat, drifting uptown. Marine Battalion, 10-4.

FDNY Marine units were dispatched. Citizen user video shows them arriving at the scene.

Brooklyn FDNY · 0:31
Responding 106 box. 221, respond. 104. 104. You're going to be the water ice rescue K for box 106. 104, 10-4. Marine 9. On your frequency, responding box 2377. 10-4. Marine 6. Marine 6.

Firefighters are en route to the scene.

FDNY Citywide 1 · 0:06
Water Rescue. Citywide announcement of a possible 106.

Police were dispatched to the scene and have since arrived to investigate.

NYPD Citywide 1 · 0:20
Southbound to the 94, receiving a water rescue job, 5th Street and Kensington, 5th Street and Kensington, drifting into the water. Get time, 11.

Firefighters are responding to a report of a person in the water.

FDNY EMS CW1 · 0:30
XR2. XR2. XR2, showing us responding to North 5th Street, cross of 10 Avenue and Borough of Brooklyn, box number 0106 for person in the water. 10-4, CAD number 2190. You have 35 William, two-way bump, conditions 35, respond and put your notice...

A 911 caller has reported an unconfirmed incident at N 5th St & Kent Ave.

The object in the water was confirmed to be a buoy, not a person. All units are being released from the scene.

Brooklyn FDNY · 0:24
Battalion 35 to Brooklyn. 35. Box 106, we can go with a 10-31 for the investigation. We've confirmed with PD that it's a buoy in the water, not a person. You can release all units. We're 10-8K. 10-4.

Live user video shows firefighters, police and EMS leaving the pier without any individuals in need of help. Citizen is waiting on radio communications to confirm.

FDNY Marine units from Queens are en route to aid in the search.

The 911 caller is no longer on scene, per fire dispatch.

Brooklyn FDNY · 0:31
It was a looker, K. They're not at the location anymore.10-4. Battalion 518 Brooklyn. 5-8. You can cut the Marine units from our box. We're not really on the water yet. 10-4. Marine 3. Marine 3, 10-4, 10-8. Marine 9, you go 10-8 and slow it down. 10-4.

Dispatch describes the person in need of help as wearing a gray coat and "drifting uptown".

Brooklyn FDNY · 0:30
Marine Battalion to Brooklyn. Marine Battalion. Our ETA is 01065 minutes, do you have any additional information, specifically where the person is in the water or any idea? Supposed to be a person in a gray gray coat, drifting uptown. Marine Battalion, 10-4.

FDNY Marine units were dispatched. Citizen user video shows them arriving at the scene.

Brooklyn FDNY · 0:31
Responding 106 box. 221, respond. 104. 104. You're going to be the water ice rescue K for box 106. 104, 10-4. Marine 9. On your frequency, responding box 2377. 10-4. Marine 6. Marine 6.

Firefighters are en route to the scene.

FDNY Citywide 1 · 0:06
Water Rescue. Citywide announcement of a possible 106.

Police were dispatched to the scene and have since arrived to investigate.

NYPD Citywide 1 · 0:20
Southbound to the 94, receiving a water rescue job, 5th Street and Kensington, 5th Street and Kensington, drifting into the water. Get time, 11.

Firefighters are responding to a report of a person in the water.

FDNY EMS CW1 · 0:30
XR2. XR2. XR2, showing us responding to North 5th Street, cross of 10 Avenue and Borough of Brooklyn, box number 0106 for person in the water. 10-4, CAD number 2190. You have 35 William, two-way bump, conditions 35, respond and put your notice...

A 911 caller has reported an unconfirmed incident at N 5th St & Kent Ave.

The object in the water was confirmed to be a buoy, not a person. All units are being released from the scene.

Brooklyn FDNY · 0:24
Battalion 35 to Brooklyn. 35. Box 106, we can go with a 10-31 for the investigation. We've confirmed with PD that it's a buoy in the water, not a person. You can release all units. We're 10-8K. 10-4.

Live user video shows firefighters, police and EMS leaving the pier without any individuals in need of help. Citizen is waiting on radio communications to confirm.

FDNY Marine units from Queens are en route to aid in the search.

The 911 caller is no longer on scene, per fire dispatch.

Brooklyn FDNY · 0:31
It was a looker, K. They're not at the location anymore.10-4. Battalion 518 Brooklyn. 5-8. You can cut the Marine units from our box. We're not really on the water yet. 10-4. Marine 3. Marine 3, 10-4, 10-8. Marine 9, you go 10-8 and slow it down. 10-4.

Dispatch describes the person in need of help as wearing a gray coat and "drifting uptown".

Brooklyn FDNY · 0:30
Marine Battalion to Brooklyn. Marine Battalion. Our ETA is 01065 minutes, do you have any additional information, specifically where the person is in the water or any idea? Supposed to be a person in a gray gray coat, drifting uptown. Marine Battalion, 10-4.

FDNY Marine units were dispatched. Citizen user video shows them arriving at the scene.

Brooklyn FDNY · 0:31
Responding 106 box. 221, respond. 104. 104. You're going to be the water ice rescue K for box 106. 104, 10-4. Marine 9. On your frequency, responding box 2377. 10-4. Marine 6. Marine 6.

Firefighters are en route to the scene.

FDNY Citywide 1 · 0:06
Water Rescue. Citywide announcement of a possible 106.

Police were dispatched to the scene and have since arrived to investigate.

NYPD Citywide 1 · 0:20
Southbound to the 94, receiving a water rescue job, 5th Street and Kensington, 5th Street and Kensington, drifting into the water. Get time, 11.

Firefighters are responding to a report of a person in the water.

FDNY EMS CW1 · 0:30
XR2. XR2. XR2, showing us responding to North 5th Street, cross of 10 Avenue and Borough of Brooklyn, box number 0106 for person in the water. 10-4, CAD number 2190. You have 35 William, two-way bump, conditions 35, respond and put your notice...

A 911 caller has reported an unconfirmed incident at N 5th St & Kent Ave.

The object in the water was confirmed to be a buoy, not a person. All units are being released from the scene.

Brooklyn FDNY · 0:24
Battalion 35 to Brooklyn. 35. Box 106, we can go with a 10-31 for the investigation. We've confirmed with PD that it's a buoy in the water, not a person. You can release all units. We're 10-8K. 10-4.

Live user video shows firefighters, police and EMS leaving the pier without any individuals in need of help. Citizen is waiting on radio communications to confirm.

FDNY Marine units from Queens are en route to aid in the search.

The 911 caller is no longer on scene, per fire dispatch.

Brooklyn FDNY · 0:31
It was a looker, K. They're not at the location anymore.10-4. Battalion 518 Brooklyn. 5-8. You can cut the Marine units from our box. We're not really on the water yet. 10-4. Marine 3. Marine 3, 10-4, 10-8. Marine 9, you go 10-8 and slow it down. 10-4.

Dispatch describes the person in need of help as wearing a gray coat and "drifting uptown".

Brooklyn FDNY · 0:30
Marine Battalion to Brooklyn. Marine Battalion. Our ETA is 01065 minutes, do you have any additional information, specifically where the person is in the water or any idea? Supposed to be a person in a gray gray coat, drifting uptown. Marine Battalion, 10-4.

FDNY Marine units were dispatched. Citizen user video shows them arriving at the scene.

Brooklyn FDNY · 0:31
Responding 106 box. 221, respond. 104. 104. You're going to be the water ice rescue K for box 106. 104, 10-4. Marine 9. On your frequency, responding box 2377. 10-4. Marine 6. Marine 6.

Firefighters are en route to the scene.

FDNY Citywide 1 · 0:06
Water Rescue. Citywide announcement of a possible 106.

Police were dispatched to the scene and have since arrived to investigate.

NYPD Citywide 1 · 0:20
Southbound to the 94, receiving a water rescue job, 5th Street and Kensington, 5th Street and Kensington, drifting into the water. Get time, 11.

Firefighters are responding to a report of a person in the water.

FDNY EMS CW1 · 0:30
XR2. XR2. XR2, showing us responding to North 5th Street, cross of 10 Avenue and Borough of Brooklyn, box number 0106 for person in the water. 10-4, CAD number 2190. You have 35 William, two-way bump, conditions 35, respond and put your notice...

A 911 caller has reported an unconfirmed incident at N 5th St & Kent Ave.

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Comments30

bronxUser2463959048Oct 16 at 12:03 PM

That’s your Mom’s boppin!😂🤣😂

mcpoetOct 16 at 7:11 PM

RIP Buoy. 💀

BrooklynUser84633006Oct 16 at 12:20 PM

Must be my old co worker

GODALLEYES1139718Oct 16 at 12:12 PM

I was saying the same thing Lasik vision they need😂

bronxUser2463959048Oct 16 at 12:03 PM

That’s your Mom’s boppin!😂🤣😂

mcpoetOct 16 at 7:11 PM

RIP Buoy. 💀

BrooklynUser84633006Oct 16 at 12:20 PM

Must be my old co worker

GODALLEYES1139718Oct 16 at 12:12 PM

I was saying the same thing Lasik vision they need😂

bronxUser2463959048Oct 16 at 12:03 PM

That’s your Mom’s boppin!😂🤣😂

mcpoetOct 16 at 7:11 PM

RIP Buoy. 💀

BrooklynUser84633006Oct 16 at 12:20 PM

Must be my old co worker

GODALLEYES1139718Oct 16 at 12:12 PM

I was saying the same thing Lasik vision they need😂

bronxUser2463959048Oct 16 at 12:03 PM

That’s your Mom’s boppin!😂🤣😂

mcpoetOct 16 at 7:11 PM

RIP Buoy. 💀

BrooklynUser84633006Oct 16 at 12:20 PM

Must be my old co worker

GODALLEYES1139718Oct 16 at 12:12 PM

I was saying the same thing Lasik vision they need😂

bronxUser2463959048Oct 16 at 12:03 PM

That’s your Mom’s boppin!😂🤣😂

mcpoetOct 16 at 7:11 PM

RIP Buoy. 💀

BrooklynUser84633006Oct 16 at 12:20 PM

Must be my old co worker

GODALLEYES1139718Oct 16 at 12:12 PM

I was saying the same thing Lasik vision they need😂

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