Emergency crews assist weak woman unable to unlock door, Norfolk VA
Medical EmergencyEmergency responders assisted a woman who was alone and feeling very weak in her home near Fairfax Ave. She was unable to unlock doors or windows to let them in. Crews attempted to contact neighbors for a key but no one was home. They communicated with the woman by phone and advised her not to attempt to go down stairs due to weakness. Responders planned to gain entry through a side yard window to provide medical aid.
Audio|Source: Norfolk City Fire and EMS Dispatch
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Transcript:
00:00
Okay, so there's no one home at that address either.
00:03
You go ahead and start me an engine company and a GD unit, please.
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Copy.
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Engine 6, Assist, 7-near Fairfax Ave, attack 2, engine 6, assist Medics 6, near Fairfax Ave, attack 2.
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Engine 6, assist, Medics 6, near Fairfax Ave, attack 2,
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1738.
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Engine 6, around.
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Engine 6, I'm showing you in route by request of medic 6, near Fairfax Ave for the sick person.
00:29
Both doors are locked.
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We've attempted a neighbor for a key and nobody home.
00:34
We also have PD in route.
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No further at 1740.
00:37
Medi4T is transportably.
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1741. Medics 6 tangent 6.
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If you pull past Fairfax on VadaTat, we're in the back of the buildings.
00:47
Got it. Go ahead.
00:48
Do Million has arrived.
00:49
Copy sir, 1742.
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Norfolk to Medics 6.
00:52
We've got the patient back on the phone.
00:56
She states she can hear you outside.
00:58
She is trying to get down the steps.
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We have advised her not to do so because she says she feels very weak and she may fall.
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We copy. Is there a way that you could talk her into maybe not going down the stairs, but going over to one of her windows that faced the yard and maybe unlocking it for us? Okay.
01:18
I don't know.
01:19
It's been available. To Medics 6, she states that the window is to the rear of the house, that is too far for her to go.
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She still said she'll try to make it down the steps.
01:29
We've advised her not to do so.
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Copy that, tell her we're going to make an attempt at the window to the side yard, the one facing her side yard.
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Copy.
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Location mentioned:
Near Fairfax Ave, Norfolk, VA 23507
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