injured. can we get her help? sure enough, we helped her get her mother into a vehicle when we escorted her, the vehicle out to the scene safely. for the family, i want to ask for respect for the family. it s a tragic incident. again, so fluid. ongoing. we re going to stop the questions. we will put a press release out shortly probably within the next 60 minutes that s going to identify the links, it s going to identify some phone numbers that people can reach out to. at this time, we do not have a follow-up press conference at this time. everything will be done via press releases. if there s a press conference will give everybody, all of our affiliates and ample amount of time to come back to city hall. thank you very much.
record, allegations. [indistinct] our focus right now. this tragic incident is what we are focused on. the families in the victims of the incident. thank you. who would you like to speak to? reporter: talk to us about those families who are grieving. i will talk about the incident itself and being there. i will give you, as i am watching officers and fire personnel triaging and taking victims, putting them in the ambulance of the squad cars. i have a nurse who walks up to me and says my mother was
hospital to help. they included nearly every one of our emergency department physicians, countless surgeons, anesthesiologists, hospitalists, and nurses. what i saw on display last night in response to this crisis was nothing less than the highest level of professionalism. our coordination with local fire and local ems worked flawlessly in the face of this incident and on behalf of prohealth care, i want to thank everyone for participating. thank you. at this time we will open it up for a few questions but the mindful. i will start with you from channel 12. be mindful we are going to be in limited scope with the information we can release due to maintaining the integrity of the investigation. we want to be transparent but we are also mindful that we are not going to compromise in any aspect of this investigation.
alan johnson. good afternoon. i am vice president of critical care and specialty services. in my role i work closely with our emergency departments, our critical care units and our mass casualty incident command process. i d like to start by expressing my sympathies and those of everyone at pro health care for the victims and their families. this was truly a tragedy for entire community. i d like to thank all the first responders and the others who came together to do what was required last night. all involved did outstanding work. among both 48 victims of the parade tragedy who were transported to area hospitals, 29 arrived at waukesha memorial hospital. the hospital is just blocks away from the parade route and victim started arriving very quickly after the incident.
if there is any additional video, you can look at this link or any family members or individuals that need to recover property. the waukesha police department was cited as the only source for information. do not release information from any other source, as it has not been vetted and could lead to false information. thank you. thank you, dan. before i get started, on behalf of the men and women of the waukesha fire department, i would like to say our prayers go out to the families and the whole community was affected by yesterday s tragedy. the city of waukesha fire department responded to a mass casualty incident yesterday afternoon. all 26 on-duty personnel responded to the incident from five stations. our closest downtown station was within sight of the parade