and the victims taken to the hospital ranging in age from eight to 85 years old. the doctor say four or five of them were just kids. griff: 78-year-old nicholas lost his life and reportedly in town and attended a parade with a dozen members. the witness describing what it was like. the witness described the tragedy. everybody is pretty shaken. i think you see this stuff elsewhere but it definitely hits a lot harder when your hometown but also right in front of you. definitely some moments today that our family will never forget. ashley: madeleine rivera in the park with more details, good morning, madeleine. good morning, griff and ashley we got here a few minutes ago and the first thing you notice when you get here the chairs lying around to show you how people desperately and quickly search for cover as the shots ringing out yesterday morning. this was supposed to be a joyful event. people gathered here early monday to watch the july 4th parade when they started hea
and dispatch do you have to take a lot of action quickly. you have to set the parameters up, you have to talk to officers on the radio and let them know what is going on. even 911 calls and being overwhelmed. and coming from a little town like this, this is not big. so yesterday, multiple law enforcement agencies out at the location. they have something called a box alarm system. within that system, a lot of fire departments. so this was very catastrophic and as well as the police officer, paramedics and dispatchers and hospitals in the area. hundreds of hundreds of people would go to the area to the hospitals. so it was overwhelming.
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normally have an engine at the parade and the soon as we heard a cold coming we had radio traffic and immediately responded from five of the stations. we activated the mass casualties protocols and made this box alarm system and activated a box to the second alarm which means we received assistance not only from the fire stations but all personnel on duty but from approximately 12 other fire departments. the city of waukesha fire department and its partners transported a total of ii transported a total of 11 adults and i2 paediatric patients to six area hospitals. we do not have any specifics on the injuries at this time, all of the patients were transported and there are some fatalities and we do not have any detailed information on the fatalities at this time. i