72-year-old man with ALS in respiratory failure at home

Heard on: Monterey County Fire Dispatch - Command 31

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This transcript is auto-generated from live dispatch audio and may be incomplete or inaccurate. It is not an official report and may change.

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Engine 8411 respond medical emergency (number withheld) Hicks Drive, cross of 12th Street and Morris Avenue.

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Time now 2330.

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Engine 8411, copy.

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Responding medical (number withheld) Hicks Drive.

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72 year old male, not conscious, unknown if breathing.

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The wife on scene advising she can't tell if he's breathing.

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Daughter who's en route says he has ALS, possibly going into a respiratory failure.

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PD's responding, you'll be with medic 25.

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Somewhere on El Camino Real.

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8411.

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All right, call me (name withheld). PD is on scene.

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2342.

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Engine 8411, I know you're on scene.

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PD's advising CPR in progress.

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8411, copy.

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That's affirmative.

7/29/2026 11:38 PM

Medical Emergency

Hicks Dr, Greenfield, CA 93927

Not official report. AI-generated from public dispatch audio. Always verify with official sources.

As discussed during the dispatch call, emergency crews responded to a medical call near Hicks Drive and nearby cross streets for an apparent medical emergency involving an unconscious adult man with a reported history of ALS and possible respiratory failure. Police and medic units arrived and CPR was reported in progress.