Fire alarm at care center; no fire found, Des Moines IA
Fire & ArsonRadio dispatch of multiple emergency calls. Main call is a private fire alarm at Fuller Heights Care Center near Southwest 19th; crews arrived and found no smoke or fire, staff and maintenance on site, and the alarm appears accidental. Other calls include medical responses near South Union and Southwest 9th: a 66-year-old man with dizziness and swallowing difficulty, a 69-year-old woman with rectal bleeding after dialysis, and a 30-year-old woman found down in a bathroom.
Audio|Source: Des Moines Fire/EMS
02:55
Transcript:
Medic 1, number 2, Southwest 9th, on a sick person. Medic 1, Response 1, Channel 2, 1228. Engine 8, Truck 8, near Southwest 19th, on a private alarm. Engine 8, Response 3, Fireground 5, 1222. Engine 10, near South Union on a hemorrhage. Engine 10, Response 3, Channel 2, 1229. Medic 5, Engine 5. In Medic 1, you're going to number 2 Southwest 9th on a sick person. Have a 66-year-old male, conscious and breathing, feeling dizzy and having a hard time swallowing. Engine 10, near South Union. You have a 69-year-old female, conscious and breathing, just got home from dialysis and experiencing rectal bleeding. Another problem, a 30-year-old female down in the bathroom, not sure what's going on. Engine 8, Truck 8, near Southwest 19th, Fuller Heights Care Center on us. Private alarm shows zone zero with no description, zone 53 south exit basement, pull station, no keys. Truck 8, copy. Dispatch, we've arrived. Single-story care facility, nothing showing from the outside. Truck A will investigate. Truck A, make an investigation on the front. Truck A from Engine A, we're going to that south entrance to check it out. Do you want to go to the panel? Truck A, copy. We'll head up to the panel and check it out. (name withheld) is on site and advised it was a false alarm. Maintenance staff and some residents are on scene near the pharmacy corner.
Medic 1, number 2, Southwest 9th, on a sick person. Medic 1, Response 1, Channel 2, 1228. Engine 8, Truck 8, near Southwest 19th, on a private alarm. Engine 8, Response 3, Fireground 5, 1222. Engine 10, near South Union on a hemorrhage. Engine 10, Response 3, Channel 2, 1229. Medic 5, Engine 5. In Medic 1, you're going to number 2 Southwest 9th on a sick person. Have a 66-year-old male, conscious and breathing, feeling dizzy and having a hard time swallowing. Engine 10, near South Union. You have a 69-year-old female, conscious and breathing, just got home from dialysis and experiencing rectal bleeding. Another problem, a 30-year-old female down in the bathroom, not sure what's going on. Engine 8, Truck 8, near Southwest 19th, Fuller Heights Care Center on us. Private alarm shows zone zero with no description, zone 53 south exit basement, pull station, no keys. Truck 8, copy. Dispatch, we've arrived. Single-story care facility, nothing showing from the outside. Truck A will investigate. Truck A, make an investigation on the front. Truck A from Engine A, we're going to that south entrance to check it out. Do you want to go to the panel? Truck A, copy. We'll head up to the panel and check it out. (name withheld) is on site and advised it was a false alarm. Maintenance staff and some residents are on scene near the pharmacy corner.
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Location mentioned:
Near SW 19th St, Des Moines, IA 50315
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