Medical response for possible drug overdose on Front St, Santa Cruz CA

Medical Emergency

Reported: 11/4/2025 05:23 PM

Front St, Santa Cruz, CA 95060

Emergency medical units and fire resources are responding to a suspected drug overdose near Front St in Santa Cruz. An air ambulance and several ambulances have been dispatched to the scene. A command post has been established at Front Street, and additional fire and emergency support units are on the way.

Audio|Source: Santa Cruz County Fire

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Transcript:

00:00

Mediore will be in route 80 for OD[1].

00:03

(number withheld).

00:10

Dominican Medic[2]aid Town, Kishos, Pat Dominican Lanning Zone.

00:14

(number withheld).

00:20

Netcom, Medic[2]a Town, is there an ETA for the Air Angels?

00:25

We'll call my flight.

00:29

Backcom, stand for my flight.

00:31

Go ahead.

00:38

NECOM, stand for life lake. We're showing one, six, 16 minutes to run.

00:43

Copy one six minute, ETA. Break, medic tension, you copy.

00:52

Medixton, Nacom, did you copy?

00:56

Ten copies, one six minutes.

01:00

(number withheld). (number withheld).

01:06

Okay,

01:08

Comptych 3170.

01:10

So ahead.

01:13

Confirm, we have UCPD and round to this call.

01:19

April.

01:23

(number withheld) copy.

01:26

(number withheld). (number withheld).

01:32

Next on, engine (number withheld).

01:35

(number withheld), go ahead.

01:40

Can I establish Front Street Command? And can I get an additional code to ambulance, please?

01:50

I copy Front Street Command and an additional code to ambulance at (number withheld).

02:02

I come back 100 copy.

02:16

Medic[2] 6, additional code 2 ambulance request to Front and Soquel garage per Front Street command at (number withheld).

02:31

And Medic[2] 100, I copy that you copy the request and you're now at level 0.

02:45

Netcom Front Street Command.

02:47

Front Street Command. Front Street Command, go ahead.

02:52

Let's go ahead and get Battalion (number withheld) en route, code 2 please. And then is the truck available?

Police codes explained

The following codes appeared in the transcript and are explained below:

[1]

OD: Overdose (medical emergency)

[2]

Medic: EMS ambulance/paramedic unit

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Front St, Santa Cruz, CA 95060

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