Mental health crisis mistaken for burn incident, Middletown NJ


Emergency services responded to a call about a possible burn victim near Jacksonville Road. Upon arrival, they determined the situation was a mental health crisis, not an active fire or burn injury.
Audio|Source: Middletown and Monmouth County Bayshore Towns Fire / EMS
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Transcript:
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A crisis possible burn victim.
00:07
Near Jacksonville Road, a crisis of the possible burn victim from (name withheld).
00:19
State patrols in Rudrond scene.
00:23
I got two of them there now.
00:25
That third one just arrived.
00:28
Appreciate.
00:29
Thanks.
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16176 respondent.
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16171648. 1617-1548.
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Six-seven respond.
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161617-17-7, respond.
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161717-7, 1549.
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The police requesting you guys cancel.
01:02
We see, we still got apparatus going.
01:05
We've got an officer and the chief should be arriving momentarily.
01:10
We're good.
01:15
Kurt, did they give a reason or is it just...
01:20
I'm thinking this is just more of a crisis situation than anything else.
01:27
Hi.
01:30
You see, was it an active alarm? Because we came in an alarm set it.
01:35
Or we had a fire alarm.
01:39
Yeah, no, I know.
01:40
I know. I would just recommend the chief and just leave it at that.
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Middletown Township, NJ
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