EMERGENCY

DISPATCHES

Broadcasts about these fire and ambulance calls were monitored this past week by the newspaper. Some calls may have been missed because of a technical problem, since resolved.

SEPT. 15

5:58 a.m. — An 84-year-old woman who fell at a home near 80th and Alamo Rds. declined to be taken to a hospital by Hillsboro ambulance, opting to go by private vehicle instead. Goessel first responders were paged but did not answer.

6:19 a.m. — A power line sparking against a tree near Cimarron Rd. and 28th Ave. in McPherson County was rendered safe by Goessel firefighters.

6:33 a.m. — An uninjured driver involved in a car-deer accident in which airbags deployed on US-50 two miles east of Peabody was checked by Marion ambulance attendants, who were told as they arrived that they would not be needed. The driver declined to be taken to a hospital.

10:42 p.m. — A 94-year-old woman who fell at a home in the 300 block of S. Washington St. in Hillsboro declined to be taken to a hospital by Hillsboro ambulance.

11:35 a.m. — An 86-year-old man who briefly was unconscious in the 100 block of S. Washington St. in Hillsboro declined to be taken to a hospital by Hillsboro ambulance.

2:38 p.m. — A 32-year-old man with an irregular heartbeat was transferred by Marion ambulance from St. Luke Hospital, Marion, to Ascension Via Christi St. Teresa Hospital, Wichita.

6:02 p.m. — A 58-year-old woman with pancreatitis was transferred by Marion ambulance from St. Luke to Ascension Via Christi St. Francis Hospital, Wichita.

9:57 p.m. — A 70-year-old man who fell and injured his arm at a Victory Ln. duplex in Marion declined to be taken to a hospital by Marion ambulance. Marion firefighters were called to help ambulance attendants and Marion police enter the locked duplex.

11:42 p.m. — An 80-year-old man with an irregular heartbeat was transferred by Hillsboro ambulance from Hillsboro Community Hospital to St. Francis.

SEPT. 16

8:04 a.m. — A 3-year-old boy with an infection was transferred by Hillsboro ambulance from HCH to Wesley Medical Center, Wichita.

10:33 a.m. — A 52-year-old woman with sepsis was transferred by Marion ambulance from St. Luke to Newton City-County Airport for pickup by an EagleMed airborne ambulance.

12:34 p.m. — An 84-year-old woman was transferred by Hillsboro ambulance from HCH to Wesley.

9:12 p.m. — At a police officer’s request, Marion ambulance was dispatched for a 31-year-old woman with neck and back pain who had lost consciousness several times in the 400 block of N. Freeborn St. in Marion. She declined to be taken to a hospital.

THURSDAY

12:46 a.m. — A confused 82-year-old woman at a home in the 100 block of N. Freeborn St. in Marion declined to be taken to a hospital by Marion ambulance.

1:51 a.m. — at the request of a law enforcement officer, Hillsboro firefighters were asked to take their thermal drone to the area to search for the suspect.

[Additional transmissions were not monitored because of technical problems, since resolved.]

6:38 p.m. — Tampa ambulance stood by until 8:16 p.m. at a football game at Centre.

10:31 p.m. — A county jail inmate with a broken nose was examined by Marion ambulance attendants and was taken to St. Luke by sheriff deputies.

11:35 p.m. — A 64-year-old man with chest pains was transferred by Hillsboro ambulance from HCH to Kansas Heart Hospital, Wichita.

FRIDAY

1:57 p.m. — Ramona, Lost Springs, and Lincolnville firefighters were paged to help Herington firefighters battle a structure fire near 400 Ave. and Union Rd. in Dickinson County, but the call was canceled before the firefighters arrived.

2:12 p.m. — A 66-year-old man who fell at a home in the 500 block of S. Cedar St. in Marion declined to be taken to a hospital by Marion ambulance.

6:58 p.m. — Marion ambulance stood by until 9:27 p.m. for a football game in Marion.

8:31 p.m. — Marion firefighters determined that a report of a backyard fire in the 600 block of S. Roosevelt St. was actually controlled within a fire pit.

10:02 p.m. — Peabody, Marion, Florence, and Hillsboro firefighters along with Marion ambulance and a county emergency manager responded to a smoky fire in an abandoned home in the 500 block of N. Locust St. in Peabody.

[Additional transmissions were not monitored because of technical problems, since resolved.]

SATURDAY

12:47 p.m. — A 79-year-old woman suffering from heat exposure at Central National Bank in Hillsboro declined to be taken to a hospital by Hillsboro ambulance.

SUNDAY

7:14 a.m. — A 60-year-old woman bleeding from a varicose vein in her leg in a kitchen at Parkside Homes in Hillsboro was taken to HCH by Hillsboro ambulance. An ambulance supervisor also responded.

4:59 p.m. — A 60-year-old man with cirrhosis was transferred by Hillsboro ambulance from HCH to Ascension Via Christi St. Joseph Hospital, Wichita.

10:29 p.m. — A 2-year-old girl with asthma who was having trouble breathing at Casey’s General Store in Hillsboro was taken to St. Luke by Hillsboro ambulance. An ambulance supervisor also responded.

MONDAY

12:55 a.m. — The 2-year-old with asthma was transferred by Marion ambulance from St. Luke to Wesley.

8:25 a.m. — A 32-year-old man with a bleeding cut at a home in the 1100 block of Bradford Ct. in Hillsboro was taken by Hillsboro ambulance to Wesley.

8:53 a.m. — An incoherent 93-year-old woman at a home in the 400 block of Main St. in Tampa was taken to St. Luke by Tampa ambulance. Marion ambulance also was dispatched, and an ambulance supervisor based in Hillsboro responded as well.

7:03 p.m. — A 72-year-old woman complaining of weakness at an apartment in the 400 block of S. Washington St. in Hillsboro declined to be taken to a hospital by Hillsboro ambulance.

7:12 p.m. — A smoky house fire in the 200 block of N. Buller St. in Goessel was extinguished within an hour and a half by Goessel, Hillsboro, and Peabody firefighters. Medics aboard a backup ambulance based in Hillsboro provided rehabilitation to at least one firefighter. A county emergency manager also responded, notifying a fire marshal and Red Cross relief crews. Goessel firefighters remained at the house until 10:33 p.m.

8:32 p.m. — A woman whose hip became dislocated at Salem Homes apartments in Hillsboro was taken to NMC Health, Newton, by Hillsboro ambulance.

10:36 p.m. — A 70-year-old woman with atrial fibrillation and a rapid heartbeat was transferred by Marion ambulance from St. Luke to St. Francis.