EMERGENCY

DISPATCHES

Broadcasts about these fire and ambulance calls were monitored this past week by the newspaper:

JUNE 17

12:33 a.m. — An uninjured man in his 80s who fell at Marion Assisted Living was helped up by Marion ambulance attendants. He declined to be taken to a hospital.

5:02 a.m. — As reported in a news story last week, firefighters from Marion, Lincolnville, Hillsboro, Florence, Lost Springs, and Herington spent more than five hours battling a fire, possibly caused by lightning, that destroyed a farmhouse north of 220th and Clover Rds. A sheriff’s deputy and the county emergency manager also responded. Marion ambulance attendants helped cool firefighters. Tankers ferried water to the fire from 12 miles away. Marion firefighters remained on the scene after the fire was out to free a stuck fire truck.

6:11 a.m. — A male who broke a foot in a four-wheeler accident the night before declined to be taken to a hospital by Hillsboro ambulance from a farmhouse near 40th and Arrow Rds. Tampa ambulance stood by in Hillsboro until 7:25 a.m. in case of additional calls.

1:16 p.m. — A 72-year-old man with atrial fibrillation and ventricular tachycardia was transferred by Marion ambulance from St. Luke Hospital, Marion, to NMC Health, formerly Newton Medical Center. Hillsboro ambulance originally was going to take the call because Marion ambulance was having trouble opening a garage door at its station. The ambulance returned to Marion at 3:28 p.m.

8:46 p.m. — Hillsboro firefighters determined that smoke alarms at Tabor College townhouses were falsely triggered by rain.

JUNE 18

8:45 a.m. — A lethargic 90-year-old woman who fell and hurt her head at Marion Assisted Living was taken to Wesley Medical Center, Wichita, by Marion ambulance. The ambulance returned to Marion at 12:19 p.m.

11:22 a.m. — A fire alarm at the Marion-Florence Sports and Aquatics Center was determined by Marion firefighters to have been a false alarm. Dispatchers initially misreported the address as being on 4th St. instead of Thorp St.

12:44 p.m. — An automated fire alarm at a farmhouse near 240th and Jade Rd. was canceled by the homeowner before Hillsboro firefighters arrived.

7:47 p.m. — A 64-year-old man with gangrene was transferred by Marion ambulance from St. Luke to Wesley Woodlawn Hospital, Wichita. The ambulance returned to Marion at 10:56 p.m.

9:44 p.m. — With Marion ambulance out of the county, Hillsboro ambulance was dispatched to take a 90-year-old woman with low blood sugar to St. Luke from a home across the street in the 400 block of S. Roosevelt St. in Marion.

THURSDAY

12:52 a.m. — A 44-year-old man with a fever at Salem Home in Hillsboro was transferred by Hillsboro ambulance to Hillsboro Community Hospital.

4:45 p.m. — A 19-year-old woman with abdominal pain was transferred by Marion ambulance from St. Luke to Kansas Medical Center, Andover. The ambulance returned to Marion at 7:51 p.m.

6:23 p.m. — At a deputy’s request, Hillsboro ambulance was sent to Dollar General in Peabody to take to NMC Health a man possibly suffering from heat exhaustion. The ambulance returned to Hillsboro at 8:14 p.m.

10:29 p.m. — A 72-year-old woman with cardiac issues was transferred by Marion ambulance from St. Luke to Wesley. The ambulance returned to Marion at 1:09 a.m.

FRIDAY

No dispatches.

SATURDAY

7:33 a.m. — A 90-year-old woman having trouble breathing at Parkside Homes assisted living in Hillsboro was taken to HCH by Hillsboro ambulance.

SUNDAY

9:30 a.m. — A 34-year-old woman unable to get off the floor of a home in the 400 block of S. Floral Dr. in Hillsboro was helped up by Hillsboro ambulance attendants and taken to HCH with a back spasm. Hillsboro first responders also were paged.

3:21 p.m. — Two carbon monoxide alarms at a residence in the 600 block of Sherman St. were determined by Marion firefighters to have malfunctioned because of weak batteries.

4:36 p.m. — Marion firefighters warned dispatchers that heavy smoke was coming from the city tree dump but the fire remained under control.

5:51 p.m. — Marion ambulance was dispatched at the request of a law enforcement officer to K-256 and Upland Rd. for a possible assault victim, but no one was taken to a hospital, and no one was arrested.

From an undisclosed time until 8:38 p.m., Hillsboro ambulance was not fully staffed, and transfers to out-of-county hospitals were not allowed.

MONDAY

2:36 a.m. — A 83-year-old man with chest pain was transferred by Marion ambulance from St. Luke to Hutchinson Regional Medical Center. The ambulance returned to Marion at 5:10 a.m.

3:12 a.m. — An 84-year-old woman with chest pain was transferred by Hillsboro ambulance from Salem Home, Hillsboro, to HCH.