Man with Alzheimer's threatens to burn house down

Heard on: Tillamook County Police, Fire, EMS, EM, and Public Works

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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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Station 13, lift assist (number withheld) Gregory Street in Wheeler.

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Again, station 13, lift assist (number withheld) Gregory.

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Respond on text one of the two, 1440.

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Information.

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Information on a lift assist, just in case it turns into something else.

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We're sending fire to a lift assist at (number withheld) Gregory Street in Wheeler.

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The male is late onset Alzheimer's and is currently getting angry and escalating.

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So just in case fire requests response due to that.

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Copy. I'm in Fairview headed that way.

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Copy. 1442.

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Last unit, repeat your number.

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You're 12.

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You're 213.

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This is the (number withheld) Gregory Street Wheeler.

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Male is a fall risk and got himself back out of bed and is refusing to get back in.

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Is being threatening toward the RP and the caregiver.

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And sitting on the side of the bed, threatened to burn the house down.

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Law enforcement has been notified and is on the way from South Broadway.

2026-09-11 14:38 UTC

Medical Emergency

Gregory St, Wheeler, OR 97147

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As discussed during the dispatch call, fire and medical crews were dispatched to a lift assist at a home near Gregory Street in Wheeler for a man with late-onset Alzheimer’s who is a fall risk and reportedly refusing to return to bed. He was described as becoming angry and threatening to burn the house down, and law enforcement was notified and responding from another location.