Fire alarm reported at Westgate Drive building, Bethlehem PA
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Fire & ArsonAs discussed during the dispatch call, emergency crews responded to a reported fire alarm at a building on Westgate Drive in Bethlehem City. Responders confirmed an alarm sounding from the second floor but reported no visible smoke. Simultaneously, emergency medical personnel attended to a 69-year-old male experiencing heart palpitations at a nearby apartment complex.
Audio|Heard on: Northampton County West and Northern Lehigh County
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Transcript:
00:00
Engine nine, engine six, fire two, utility one, city fire 2024, Westgate Drive, Bethlehem City.
00:05
Engine dispatch, engine three, four.
00:16
EMS 17 BLS fall victim, near Green Pond Road, Bethlehem Township, out swallowing 1934.
00:27
County 312.
00:30
312.
00:35
Rescue driver, is there a GOA?
00:39
With 312.
00:46
County 10 utility 2 en route to Westgate Drive.
00:53
235.
01:14
Police have unit 26, fire 24 ALS.
01:18
Cardiac issues.
01:20
Washington Court report needs near Lehigh Street, cross South 19th Street and Husions Ops 2, you can 36.
01:27
Copy medic 6211.
01:30
Back 6211.
01:34
6211 clear on patient refusal.
01:39
Temperature 6211.
01:47
Charlie, got an engine on.
02:00
At 18 thirty-seven.
02:02
The Washington Courts Apartments, near Lehigh Street.
02:05
It's going to be apartment Bravo Two with (name withheld).
02:08
A sixty-nine year old male with heart palpitations and elevated heart rate.
02:24
County 307, he's cleared out.
02:26
He got off the road.
02:29
307.
02:32
County 2441.
02:41
Nineteen twenty-three, informant Bravo two November.
02:44
Sixty-nine year old male, high heart rate and heart palpitations.
02:50
Give me a 6221 transporting to the bed.
03:00
Thank you very much.
03:06
Hey, 31 on scene.
03:07
10-31, officer rescue man.
03:11
Down units.
03:20
No smoke or anything at this time.
03:22
Says it's an alarm that seems to be coming from the second floor.
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Location mentioned:
Westgate Dr, Bethlehem, PA 18017
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