Medical alert canceled after false report in Brighton, Boston MA
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As discussed during the dispatch call, emergency crews responded to reports of a person not breathing near Spofford Road in Brighton. Fire and EMS units searched the area but found no patient. Dispatch later determined the call and related details were recorded under the wrong incident, and units were canceled.
Audio|Heard on: Boston EMS
Listen to dispatch call
02:25
Transcript:
00:00
All right, paramedic 5 Boston.
00:07
P5, I'm going to need you to start into 9's call near Spofford Road in Brighton.
00:12
Fire is updating.
00:13
They have someone in an arrest there.
00:15
I'm trying to get a hold of 9.
00:22
P5, do you have that?
00:25
Yeah, near Spofford.
00:28
Okay, 9. A9.
00:31
9, fire is reporting they have a patient in arrest.
00:35
All right, Roger.
00:36
We're near Spofford Road.
00:37
We were with the fire.
00:38
They just essentially cleared.
00:40
I don't know if they just got flagged down around the corner or something, but we're going to try and drive around and find them.
00:45
But they just essentially cleared the call.
00:47
We'll try and link up with the fire.
00:49
Do they have an updated address? Because near Spofford Road 401 is not the address.
00:55
We're trying to get that right now.
01:03
Division One Boston.
01:09
Division One.
01:11
Could you please head in for that near Spofford Road, Brighton.
01:14
It's a fire is updating here.
01:21
Division One Five to Barford, you can set it.
01:31
A9.
01:34
Go ahead, 9.
01:36
So we're going to be leaving this near Spofford Road address.
01:40
We're going to move out to the Commonwealth Carriageway and see if we can see where the fire truck is.
01:49
Okay, what was that address?
01:53
So we're leaving near Spofford Road.
01:57
It's going to be unavailable here.
01:58
There is a person here admitting he called 911 for someone not breathing, but there is no one here.
02:05
Okay, so you put the call into the wrong call.
02:08
Okay, and 9 and P5 end of one fire is now reporting they added the comments to the incorrect call.
02:17
Okay, A9,
02:19
and
02:21
we're going to be unavailable here then.
02:24
Paramedic Five, cancel.
Disclaimer:
This transcript is automatically generated by AI from live dispatch audio. Dispatch communications may include background noise, overlapping speakers, or rapidly evolving situations, and automated transcription may not capture all details or context.
Location mentioned:
Spofford Rd, Boston, MA 02134
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