MERGENCY

DISPATCHES

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

JULY 22

No dispatches.

JULY 23

1 p.m. — A 71-year-old man with high blood pressure in the 300 block of N. Washington St. in Hillsboro declined to be taken to a hospital by Hillsboro ambulance.

5:10 p.m. — Peabody, Hillsboro, and Marion firefighters headed to the county fair parade in Hillsboro.

5:37 p.m. — An 89-year-old woman with an abnormal calcium level in her blood at Parkside Homes in Hillsboro was taken to NMC Health, formerly Newton Medical Center, by Hillsboro ambulance. Delayed by construction, the ambulance returned to Hillsboro at 7:32 p.m.

7:04 p.m. — Tampa ambulance went to Hillsboro to stand by until 10:04 p.m. at the county fair rodeo.

THURSDAY

3:29 a.m. — A woman who fell at a house on Random Rd. at Marion County Lake declined to be taken to a hospital by Marion ambulance.

3:36 a.m. — A 66-year-old man with abdominal pain at a home in the 700 block of W. Grand Ave. in Hillsboro was taken to Hillsboro Community Hospital by Hillsboro ambulance.

1:26 p.m. — A fire alarm at Westview Manor in Peabody was acknowledged by an alarm company to be a false alarm before most Peabody firefighters arrived.

3:36 p.m. — Hillsboro ambulance transferred a patient from NMC Health to Parkside Homes. The ambulance was back at its station at 5:09 p.m.

6:15 p.m. — Hillsboro ambulance reported that a pickup with unrestrained children in it was heading out of Midway Motors onto Ash St. in Hillsboro.

7:08 p.m. — Tampa ambulance headed to Hillsboro to stand by until 9:51 p.m. at the county fair rodeo.

FRIDAY

12:26 a.m. — A woozy family evacuated a blacked-out home east of 140th and Kanza Rds. after lightning struck a tree nearby. Hillsboro ambulance attendants and firefighters verified that it was safe for the family to re-enter the home.

10:55 a.m. — A 90-year-old man who fell and hit his head at 56 Express Tire and Service in Marion was checked by Marion ambulance attendants and taken to a hospital by a family member.

12:35 a.m. — Marion ambulance attendants asked Hillsboro police to meet with someone at the Hillsboro ambulance station about an unspecified matter.

3:32 p.m. — An 89-year-old woman who fell out of a wheelchair and hit her head at Parkside Homes was taken to NMC Health by Hillsboro ambulance.

SATURDAY

10:16 a.m. — A 69-year-old woman who fell at a home in the 300 block of N. Ash St. in Hillsboro was taken to HCH by Hillsboro ambulance. Hillsboro firefighters helped lift the woman.

3:57 p.m. — Multiple fire alarms from Westview Manor were acknowledged by an alarm company to be false alarms before Peabody firefighters arrived.

4:14 p.m. — A 68-year-old woman with a dislocated shoulder was transferred by Hillsboro ambulance from HCH to NMC Health.

4:49 p.m. — Another false alarm at Westview Manor was found to have been generated by a sensor on an emergency exit door.

5:31 p.m. — Peabody, Florence, and Hillsboro firefighters and Tampa ambulance headed to Hillsboro to stand by until 8:58 p.m. or slightly later during the county fair’s demolition derby.

7:56 p.m. — A man in his 30s suffering heat stroke symptoms at a demolition derby concession stand opted to go by private vehicle to St. Luke Hospital, Marion, rather than being taken by Tampa ambulance. Hillsboro ambulance was dispatched to replace Tampa ambulance at the derby before it was known that the man would decline to be transported.

10:01 p.m. — What initially was reported to be a possible death at a farmhouse on 240th Rd. west of Indigo Rd. resulted in Hillsboro and Marion ambulances both responding. They were told to return to their stations after a caller told dispatchers his wife had returned home. However, at a deputy’s request, the ambulances were sent back to the farmhouse to check a 78-year-old woman bleeding from an arm because of a fall. She declined to be taken to a hospital.

SUNDAY

7:39 a.m. — An automated alarm generated on behalf of an 89-year-old woman at a farmhouse on 300th Rd. west of Falcon Rd. was determined by Durham first responders to be a false alarm before Tampa ambulance arrived.

8:54 a.m. — A dizzy 59-year-old man with trouble breathing and a headache and neck pain at a home in the 200 block of W. Main St. in Burns was taken to NMC Health by Marion ambulance.

1:17 p.m. — Another fire alarm at Westview Manor was canceled by the alarm company as a false alarm before Peabody firefighters arrived.

1:38 p.m. — For the fifth time in three days, Peabody firefighters responded to yet another false alarm at Westview Manor.

1:59 p.m. — A sixth alarm at Westview Manor was called in by an alarm company that said it was unable to contact anyone at Westview to verify that it was a false alarm. Firefighters again went to the nursing home and again determined that there was no fire, this time reporting that the alarm company had dispatched a technician to look into the malfunctioning alarm system.

2:17 p.m. — A seventh alarm at Westview, followed almost immediately by an eighth, led to a recommendation from the nursing home’s alarm company that Westview set its system in test mode to prevent further false alarms. Peabody firefighters helped Westview personnel do so.

3:04 p.m. — A lethargic 72-year-old man shaking with chills and possibly suffering from sepsis in the 300 block of S. Washington St. in Hillsboro was taken to HCH by Hillsboro ambulance. Hillsboro firefighters helped lift the man.

7:20 p.m. — A report of a death at a farmhouse on Nighthawk Rd. north of 140th Rd. was verified by Marion ambulance attendants. An ambulance supervisor and a coroner also responded.

7:59 p.m. — Tampa ambulance headed to an unspecified ball field to stand by until 9:15 p.m.

8 p.m. — The patient taken to HCH at 3:04 p.m. was transferred by Hillsboro ambulance to Ascension Via Christi St. Joseph Hospital, Wichita. A delay in transfer of care meant the ambulance did not return to Hillsboro until 11:22 p.m.

MONDAY

10:18 a.m. — A 76-year-old woman with shallow breathing in the 100 block of E. Forest St. in Marion was taken to Ascension Via Christi St. Francis Hospital, Wichita, by Marion ambulance.

6:28 p.m. — A person involved in a single-vehicle wreck on Kanza Rd. north of 180th Rd. declined to be taken to a hospital by Hillsboro ambulance. Hillsboro firefighters also were dispatched.

9:32 p.m. — A man who fell and gashed his arm at Birchwood Apartments in Hillsboro was helped up by Hillsboro ambulance attendants but declined to be taken to a hospital. Hillsboro firefighters were called to help lift the man but were told before they arrived that they would not be needed. Two home health workers also were at the apartment