Person near downtown tunnel requests medical transport, Norfolk VA
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Medical EmergencyEmergency responders attended to a sick person near the downtown tunnel area. The individual initially refused assistance but later requested transport to a medical facility. Authorities on scene included local fire and state police units.
Audio|Heard on: Norfolk City Fire and EMS Dispatch
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02:37
Transcript:
00:00
Hey, good afternoon, sir.
00:01
We're responding to a police department.
00:03
There is a sick person possibly on top of the Berkeley Bridge or at the downtown tunnel.
00:07
Are you showing anything on your cameras or have visual?
00:11
They were at the top of the Market Street on ramp.
00:14
Copy that. Top of the Market Street on-ramp.
00:22
Ladder 8 is on scene.
00:24
We have one vehicle with state PDNV dot on scene.
00:27
It's going to be 264 headed towards Portsmouth just before the Berkeley Bridge.
00:38
We're ready to provide aid.
00:42
Hey, dispatch, we're actually at Ballym, getting back over.
00:50
All right, copy.
00:51
This could be your better approach than where we're at.
00:54
We're kind of to the side of it.
00:57
All right, copy.
00:58
We'll be there just a minute.
01:02
Medical unit to Ladder 8 to Engine 8.
01:04
The subject does not want our assistance.
01:06
We can clear.
01:08
Copy. Ladder 8 is going to clear.
01:12
Engine 6 is clear.
01:14
Engine 6 is clear.
01:17
Horseman, Battalion 1 and over.
01:19
Okay.
01:20
Go ahead, sir.
01:26
We have Fortman's units responding to the downtown tunnel.
01:29
Are they still needed?
01:32
Yes.
01:37
Medical unit to all enforcement units.
01:39
The female subject did not want our assistance.
01:43
State police department is on scene.
01:44
You can clear at your discretion.
01:46
Enforcement battalion copies.
01:53
Gate, Ladder-A, were you calling us?
01:55
Ladder 8 engine.
01:58
Engine.
02:01
She has changed her mind and now wishes to be transported.
02:05
So if you guys would come back on this message and then block behind.
02:11
Engine 8 copies. Engine 8.
02:13
Engine 8.
02:15
Ladder 8, copy.
02:16
Let me get turned around.
02:17
Yes, ma'am.
02:18
Can you read to the dispatcher that last message?
02:21
Safety for our copy.
02:25
Engine 8, I have you on it.
02:27
But you need to be toned out as well.
02:29
I don't know if the medical unit is on it.
02:32
Ladder-Aid, I can fold.
02:34
Oh, thank you.
02:36
You're welcome.
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Location mentioned:
Downtown Tunnel, Norfolk, VA
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