76-year-old man falls into trench at home construction site, Millerstown PA
Medical EmergencyA 76-year-old man fell into a trench about 7 to 10 feet deep at a construction site near Buckwheat Rd. He is conscious and breathing. Emergency responders are on scene providing medical aid and preparing to remove him safely.
Audio|Source: Perry County Fire and EMS
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Transcript:
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You'll have a 76-year-old male, conscious and breathing,
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fell into a trench that was dug for construction at his house.
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Approximately 8 to 10 feet, unknown extent of injuries,
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unknown... there is any bleeding.
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Command three copies.
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You want to give us an ops channel?
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You're just responding on the 302 box.
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Switch and utilize UPS 4 for operations.
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UPS 4. UPS 4.
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Command 3, copy.
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What's in the 4? She was going to move some vehicles out of the way.
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Command 3 from County.
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The wife should be outside and the flag that you guys down.
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She's moving some vehicles out of the way so that you guys can get in.
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Command 3, copy.
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Ambulance 79-1 from county.
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Good, counting.
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We have ambulance 891 responding in as well.
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What are your wishes for them?
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County, 271, you can place 891 available.
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Okay, T71. Ambulance 89, you're being placed available by T71.
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Okay, well, Taney, not available.
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3-2 from 33.
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All right, 3-3.
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This will be the same residency has the wildfire at last spring.
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Copy that,
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can you confirm the address for me.
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It is near Buckwheat Rd.
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I do have access to the patient.
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I'll be down, checking on injuries.
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Copy that. You have an approximate depth of this, French.
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Judge what we need for equipment.
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It's about 7 to 8 feet.
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He's looking at me and talking of, but there's a ramp going down into and so we should be able to access him pretty easily.
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Copy that. The back porch sticks past, and medical equipment.
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Correct. It probably wouldn't hurt to put a roof lighter down so you have traction and get up the hole.
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Do that.
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Command, please, squad seven.
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All right, squad seven.
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We're about two minutes out.
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What do you want from us? Whichever rig gets here first, come up around where we had the wildfire to the back of the house.
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The driveway splits, the next rig end, stay to the left in front of the vehicle that had the headlights on.
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Quad 7, yeah, why don't you come up around? You should be able to see my vehicle back here.
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The road's gonna split today to the right.
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When you guys get here, drop me down a roof ladder.
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2130. 10 a.m. 7 now, I'm gonna go on location.
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AM 179-1, 213.
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3.3 from squad 3.
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We come out here, you on the left side of the road or right?
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Left side of the road.
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You're past the driveway now.
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Back up.
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Location mentioned:
Near Buckwheat Rd, Millerstown, PA 17062
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