Patient with neck pain attended amid power line hazard, Apex NC


Emergency responders attended a patient with neck pain at an address near Wickham Ridge Rd in Apex, NC. There was confusion over a possible duplicate call for the same incident. During the response, a separate issue involving a tree limb on a power line was found, initially thought to be a blown transformer.
Audio|Source: Wake County Fire
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Transcript:
00:00
Agent 91's on sync. Fort. Forty-two copies. Forty-two copies. Middick Five-five is right. Ten-four. Ten-four.
00:29
15 from EMS-84. Are you headed to 706, Wicomridge? Yes, we saw this the same address that has Medic 22 going. Is that a duplicate call? Still EMD in the call for Wickham Ridge?
00:55
Oh, waiting for the MD.
00:56
10-4[1]? 10-4.
00:57
One patient with neck pain.
01:00
14 copies. We'll be there in a couple minutes.
01:02
We're getting on Wester now.
01:03
Goose 59. 10-4[1].
01:06
You may be right.
01:07
This may be a duplicate call.
01:08
We were just on the line with a patient doing EMD.
01:10
He said he had been calling for three hours trying to get some help.
01:14
In our CAD, we do show Medic 22 on scene, and he said the paramedics are with him right now.
01:18
I'm not sure if there's a way for you guys to contact Medic 22 or Raleigh to do that.
01:22
But he did say EMS was with him.
01:25
24th Battalion 3 on my suit.
01:26
The time, very good.
01:30
Hey, all know if you see DeCatheight or not, we'd be, we're about a block away.
01:33
We'll let you know something in a minute sound like a blown transport.
01:35
I copy, thank you.
01:36
Squad the ladder, same track.
01:38
Squad 14, you got traffic for the ladder.
01:39
Yeah,
01:40
we're about a block away.
01:41
It sounded like a blown transform.
01:42
Call to hang on a minute.
01:43
I'll let you do something sick.
01:44
Copy that.
01:45
See his own scene in the area.
01:46
Flood 14 to Battalion 3 and ladder 14 you can clear.
01:49
It's a tree limb on a power line.
Police codes explained
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[1]
10-4: Acknowledgement/Okay
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Location mentioned:
Near Wickham Ridge Rd, Apex, NC 27539
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