Person with breathing issues lost on trail at state park, Akron OH


A person with asthma is lost on a trail at Portage Lakes State Park and having breathing problems. Emergency responders and park officers are using the person's phone location to find and assist them near the Astronomy Club Observatory area.
Audio|Source: Southwest Summit County Public Safety
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Transcript:
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New Franklin District 1, BMS, New Franklin Metic 1, New Franklin Battalion.
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Portage Lakes State Park, breathing problems.
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New Franklin Station 1 acknowledges the call.
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14 Just to advise you, we have a squad en route and OD&R[2] at Portage Lakes State Park for an asthmatic patient who is lost on a trail break.
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Good. O'DNR does have a unit in the area that they're sending to it.
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I was able to provide them with his most recent coordinates, and we do have EMS[3] en route.
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I copy. Thank you.
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What are the most recent coordinates?
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Coordinates are 40.970409, comma, negative 81.5578-3338.
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Sorry, there was a failure on my part.
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Can you give me a geographical location for us?
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Affirmative. He is northeast of the Astronomy Club Observatory.
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There's that little side road.
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He is just in the middle north of that road.
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We still have him on 911[1]s.
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We're able to track his movements.
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We've asked him to stay put.
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And 211 just advised he is on the southern run trail.
Police codes explained
The following codes appeared in the transcript and are explained below:
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911: Emergency Call
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OD&R: Ohio Department of Natural Resources
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EMS: Emergency Medical Services
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Location mentioned:
Portage Lakes State Park, 5031 Manchester Rd, Akron, OH 44319
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