81-year-old with breathing difficulty in apartment, Berks County PA

Medical Emergency

Reported: 08/26/2025 12:37 PM (PDT)

Berks County, PA

Radio dispatch reporting an 81-year-old at an apartment near Perkins Drive with trouble breathing and decreased breath sounds. Oxygen readings noted in the 80s. EMS and fire units are responding. Dispatchers also mention water operations and command assignments; no COVID-19 precautions required.

Audio|Source: Berks County Fire A and EMS

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6-5-215-137 9 running drive at near Perkins apartment use engines three apartment one size 4 81 year old mount travel breathing of a decrease the lungs down for-o-2 stops are in the 80s on 3 theaters no precautions are going to ready attention all companies operating near Fairmont Avenue. Water operations will be on fire off two, Assistant 361 has Law Operations Command 1537. Attention all companies operating near 7th Street, Fairmont Avenue. Water operations will be on fire off two, Assistant 361, has Law Operations Command 1537. Chief, you can just park your rest, bring your manpower down. There's enough equipment here. We're going to need your manpower. Intentional companies operating near Fairmont Avenue. Water operations on fire off two, assistant 361 has water operations command 1537. Air 506910. First, annuling 6561, we're responding. Tension 1691 around 637. Anion 656-1 1537. Anilum 6561 1537. I am adding drive entrance near, apartment near. 81-year-old now, trouble breathing, decrease lung sounds.

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Please, the next to engine is set up the site at Perch and Sycamore. Make it inform the last four of your phone number for the fire marshal. (number withheld). 36, say yellow line when you can. Still away no water. I'll go to cease in a second. All right, we see you. You all mine is important. Captain 42 from Tanker 72. Your wishes for us were two minutes out. You're going to come in Fairlocking, Fairlock, And converse with a citizen (number withheld), he's got water supply. You're going to be the first tanker, you're going to supply the 5-inch. Pressuregent 42 is man. Copy, slide, line, line. Go ahead. I'm almost down the water for 1st8. Yeah, there's a tanker coming in, just be ready to take water when they're ready. Engine 85 is down to half a tank. Okay, see me. Say, yo, let me see that water in it. Our connector 72 is arriving. Tanker 72 on the patient, (number withheld). Okay, I'll come to run you right here at the intersection, okay? Come right up to me. Right here, stop. Good. No, (number withheld). Command 42, Lactors, (number withheld). Yeah, you're coming in to dump water on Fairmont at Fairmont at Fairmont in Church. Assistant (number withheld) has water supply. System (number withheld), Command. Go ahead. (number withheld), (number withheld). Dave, if you need a second off-channel, go ahead and request one. and we're going to be flowing water, so get 72 to set up their port of tanks. Well, just have them be a nurse tanker, and the rest can just show water. Okay. We've got another engine here now, too. I've got ready to send your water shortly. All right, if you have another engine there, send them to Sycamore off the church, and they can set up a fill site there. I've got smoke down here. The tanker. Can I have them feed the two taker? Yeah, whatever works with you. Engine 36, Captain 85. Can you charge that yellow line, please? Engine 85 is almost out of water. All right, 36, here comes your water. Mission 36 chauffeur. Captain, 40, if you work on off one. Go ahead. We have the police advising that (number withheld). Back up to the fire scene, they do have a disabled child or location there that would be needing assistance being removed if you would need to evacuate the residents. Recy. Engine 36. Can we have multiple to the yellow line, please? No lines on your engine tap. I know water to a blue line. Can you type got water coming down to the seat from the tanker? You can't take. We're getting the water supply right now. Dr. Flank is a rescue lane. Here comes your water, Captain. Engine 85 from Captain. Go ahead, Captain. Engine 85 has water now. I can open up this charge through. Engine 85, charge the yellow line, please. Section (number withheld) on you. System (number withheld). Can I have an option for water supply operations? Affirmative. You can have opt-2. Offermin for water supply. To put that out of the air, please, then. Affirmative. Rescue 13 commands. (number withheld) running drive at (number withheld) apartment use engines three apartment one size (number withheld) year old mount travel breathing of a decrease the lungs down for-o-2 stops are in the 80s on 3 theaters no precautions are going to ready attention all companies operating (number withheld) Fairmont Avenue Water operations will be on fire off two, Assistant (number withheld) has Law Operations Command, (number withheld). Chief, you can just park your rest, bring your manpower down. There's enough equipment here. We're going to need your manpower. Intentional companies operating (number withheld) Fairmont Avenue. Water operations on fire off two, assistant (number withheld) has water operations command (number withheld). Air (number withheld). First, annuling (number withheld), we're responding. Tension (number withheld) around (number withheld). Anion (number withheld) (number withheld). I amadding drive entrance (number withheld) apartment (number withheld). 81-year-old now, trouble breathing, decrease lung sounds. Batting in the 80s on 3 liters. No precautions ready. Thanks for (number withheld). 29-8, so we're out letting. Captain 42 minor, smoke, and heat damage to the corner of the residence from the back. I said no extension. (number withheld). I'm out writing (number withheld). Receive. I copy that. Has anybody been inside to check for any extension inside? First (number withheld). Yeah, and I can send another two in here. No, you mentioned, Clare. Copy that. Command from the System (number withheld). (number withheld). Please available for (number withheld). Good. Good. Got to line up for going to tankers here. Who is the, who is the RECBed (number withheld) supply for the tanker? Is the name's the plane (number withheld)? Yes. The tankers are going to be supplying rest of engine 42, and then they're supplying 36 and 85, but the tankers are going to the rest engine 42. All right, that's good. Thank you. Thank you 72.

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Radio dispatch reporting an 81-year-old at an apartment near Perkins Drive with trouble breathing and decreased breath sounds. Oxygen readings noted in the 80s. EMS and fire units are responding. Dispatchers also mention water operations and command assignments; no COVID-19 precautions required.

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