Woman with severe breathing difficulty at Newberg apartment

Heard on: Washington County Fire and EMS

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Engine 20 and medic 20, respond to breathing problem at (number withheld) E 2nd Street.

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Unit (number withheld).

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Cross streets are South Artist Drive and South Corrine Drive.

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Engine 17 and AMR 130, respond to BLS fall at (number withheld) Northwest Helvetia Road.

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Cross streets are Private and Northwest Grace Terrace.

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Over. AMR 130.

00:38

Go ahead.

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One three zero, respond to the call on Helvetia Road.

00:56

Copy. Can you move over to Ops Thirty Four for me, please?

01:03

Engine 20, medic 20, responding code 3 for a breathing problem.

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Colonial Village Apartments, (number withheld) East Second Street, apartment number (number withheld).

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For a 60-year-old female, conscious with difficulty breathing, not able to speak in full sentences.

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Has history of COPD.

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This has been ongoing for the past couple weeks, but got much worse in the past hour.

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Has never been this bad before.

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She'll be in front of the apartment.

2026-10-29 06:21 UTC

Medical Emergency

E 2nd St, Newberg, OR 97132

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As discussed during the dispatch call, emergency crews were dispatched to a possible breathing problem at an apartment in a complex on East Second Street in Newberg. A 60-year-old woman was reported conscious but having severe difficulty breathing and unable to speak full sentences, with a history of COPD and symptoms that had worsened in the past hour.