emergency personnel assist homeless individuals with shelter during code purple, Asheville NC
Medical EmergencyEmergency responders assisted several homeless individuals to find shelter during a Code Purple night. One person in a wheelchair was transported to a men's shelter, and a female at the bus station was also helped. Shelters were at or near capacity during the incident.
Audio|Source: Asheville Fire
03:42
Transcript:
00:00
CR3 just updating you per CP1.
00:03
All men's shelters are full tonight,
00:06
and Transformation Village has 12 beds left.
00:10
Understood, thank you.
00:13
Sir, if you're also able to, I know you're already out there near Coxe Ave, but currently there's an additional person out there for Code Purple.
00:25
Ten-four, I'll holler at CR2, see if you can handle that.
00:29
10-4[1], just keep me updated.
00:32
I also have near Coxe Ave?
00:35
That's for me.
00:37
CR2, do you copy direct?
00:42
I copy direct.
00:43
I'm on Haywood Road.
00:48
Picking up someone in a wheelchair to take to the men's shelter as we speak.
00:51
I'm going to call and see if they'll make an exception.
01:00
Comes call to direct CRT, but I'm going to just hold this call until you get that one cleared up.
01:08
That'll be fine.
01:10
Yep.
01:15
One one to CR1 or CR2 on dispatch.
01:22
Squad, this is CR3.
01:23
Go ahead.
01:26
Mikey, when you get done dropping that one off, I've got one more at the bus station.
01:30
A female need to go to a shelter.
01:33
Understood.
01:38
Zoon 4.
01:42
Go ahead, sir.
01:45
Sarah, I don't know if y'all are going to hang around Swink Creek any longer.
01:49
However,
01:50
I spoke to APD.
01:51
They're a bit tied up with their officers, but they're trying to get their a couple of units out there as soon as some become available.
01:59
We got one of the vehicles out of the roadway right now and moved it over to the Shell gas station.
02:06
We're cleaning up the roadway now and we're going to try and get this second vehicle into the gas station as well.
02:13
I'll let you know what we get.
02:16
Simple.
02:20
Com, CR3.
02:23
CR3, go ahead.
02:29
Sir, I just want to make sure y'all are handling the second person that's holding them that needs to give for Code Purple plus the additional person that squad ones holler which all about.
02:42
I'm pretty sure they're one and the same.
02:44
I'm working with MCOT right now trying to make sure that somebody will get them.
02:48
Two-four. I just wanted to make sure we are out of CPs for the evening and they're all tied up on other traffic.
02:54
Understood.
02:57
Mike, you just clarify, we are clear as to say, but you'll have one female and another male that Bunkum EMS has, but I think he's decided to go to a shelter too.
03:09
Combs here are three.
03:11
Good.
03:13
We need this the firemen real quick so we don't block this channel up.
03:16
Absolutely.
03:19
Crumbs is all in firemen.
03:23
Combs, this is Sierra 3 on FireMed.
03:25
I've got the first one from the bus station transported to Code Purple.
03:31
Bunkin County, Emcot, is going to get a second one from Code Purple, and I pass somebody on my way up here that I need to go check on.
03:38
So I think we're in good shape now.
03:41
Okay, thank you, sir.
Police codes explained
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[1]
10-4: Acknowledgment or confirmation that a message has been received and understood.
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Near Coxe Ave, Asheville, NC 28801
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