Person down after fall at home; woman meets responders

Heard on: Buncombe County Fire and EMS

01:37

This transcript is auto-generated from live dispatch audio and may be incomplete or inaccurate. It is not an official report and may change.

00:00

EMS Four, fall, at (number withheld) Old Lakey Gap Road, cross streets are Rantus Lane, respond on B fire med.

00:09

EMS Four, fall, at (number withheld) Old Lakey Gap Road, cross streets are Rantus Lane, respond on B fire med.

00:23

Engine 42, be en route.

00:29

42.

00:34

Of course, going to be en route.

00:40

Copy, 4. Engine 42, be on scene.

00:48

42.

00:54

I'm 42.

01:00

Yes, sir.

01:05

We still have contact with the calling party.

01:07

This 1st person, patient down in the house.

01:11

There's a dog on the front porch barking at us.

01:18

Negative. So this is going to be called in from the wife.

01:26

42.

01:29

Thank you. We've been met outside by the wife.

01:32

She's stating that he doesn't want us to come in the house, so we're just trying to figure this out real quick.

2026-10-21 09:35 UTC

Medical Emergency

Old Lakey Gap Rd, Black Mountain, NC 28711

Not official report. AI-generated from public dispatch audio. Always verify with official sources.

As discussed during the dispatch call, eMS and fire crews were dispatched to a reported fall at a home on Old Lakey Gap Road near Rantus Lane. A person was reportedly down inside the house, and the caller, identified as the wife, said the patient did not want responders to enter the home.