Homeless man resting beside wheelchair on roadside, Candler NC
Fire units responded to near Smoky Park Highway for a reported non-vehicle accident but found a homeless man resting beside his wheelchair with no medical emergency. They requested a deputy to ask him to move along.
Audio|Source: Buncombe County Fire
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Transcript:
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Station 10 District 2, NVA unknown, Smoky Park Highway.
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Station 10 District 2, NVA unknown, near Smoky Park Highway, pass the dollar-free.
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Station 10 District 2, First Response, Correction, NVA unknown, near Smoky Park Highway past the dollar-free.
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Wiggins Road will be your cross street, beyond fireman at (number withheld).
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May 18, 20, on scene.
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Chief Teeners one.
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Chief Ten.
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Chief Ten.
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Tom Chief Ten.
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Chief Tim.
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Angel one and two.
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Tom Agent one or two.
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G10 and engine 102 B5 they said when they originally drove by this that it looks like a car and then went back and they said maybe it was somebody in a wheelchair but they also thought it was a car again so I'm not a hundred percent sure exactly what this is.
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okay copy that.
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engine 102 in the area agio copy 25.
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Regents are run.
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Copy 310, 2057.
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Tom's car 18,
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confirming you to have an EMS unit round.
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Turn it, EMS 6.
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Copy that, thank you.
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Call for 6.
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I was just saying car 18 know that we should all in route to him.
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Did you want to two communications?
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Go ahead.
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This is not going to be an NBA.
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We'll advise you further in this minute.
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I'll advise you further in just a minute.
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Communications from 102.
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Good.
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This is going to be a homeless gentleman sleeping on the side of the road.
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He's fine. We'll show all 1,000 years clear.
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Okay.
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Good day, calling.
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Good. Good.
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There's no emergency here, but you might want to send a deputy out here to tell this gentleman he needs to move on.
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It's going to be a gentleman in a wheelchair on the side of the road.
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He's laying in the grass beside his wheelchair, so it kind of looks like he fell out of it.
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But there's no emergency.
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He's just there.
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Coming up.
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Can show all 1,000 units clear sign and service.
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Copy that to 100.
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