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Accidental medical alert triggered near Ridgeway Avenue, Durham NC

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Non-Crime Event

Reported: 12/19/2025 09:06 PM

Ridgeway Ave, Durham, NC 27701

According to the dispatch call, a medical alert was triggered by an Apple Watch fall detection near Ridgeway Avenue. The caller confirmed it was an accidental activation and there was no emergency.

Audio|Heard on: Durham City Fire

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02:6

Transcript:

00:00

There are a medical one on opposite.

00:02

Do you have any more information on this call,

00:05

building number?

00:11

Negative. It's from our Apple Watch that fall detection on the Apple Watch.

00:22

We're with security and they're not aware of anything.

00:27

We're going to try and figure out a different, better location.

00:32

There are multiple units.

00:36

The medic 1104, I can have someone try to call back again.

00:46

The initial call back, it was no contact made, but I'll have someone to try again.

00:51

Copy that.

00:57

I'm going to send him.

01:06

Go ahead.

01:09

I'll go home, I'm good.

01:17

Chest pain, near Ridgeway Avenue.

01:24

Chest pain, near Ridgeway Avenue, cross of Wabash Street and East Lawson Street, Squad 4.

01:36

Stop Hill 6, Prop 6.

01:52

Good.

01:55

I made John Beck with the mail.

01:57

He advised everything is fine.

01:59

He dropped the watch.

02:01

He dropped the watch.

02:05

We're available.

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Ridgeway Ave, Durham, NC 27701

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