Elderly man loses balance, needs lift assist

Heard on: Powhatan County Fire & Rescue

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Box 0390 , lift assist.

00:03

Any available rescue and EMS 705 at (number withheld) Gills Road.

00:09

Cross streets are Old Buckingham Road.

00:12

Time out 2241 .

00:18

EMS 705 , we are out to lift assist 2243 .

00:27

Seven hundred and five, you are responding for a ninety-one year old male with approximately 175, not injured, requesting you come to the back door.

00:35

Says he squatted down and just lost his balance.

00:43

Okay, 720-one,

00:45

returning.

00:48

Seven hundred and twenty-one, copy your returning.

00:50

Twenty forty-four.

00:58

That was him from medic 700 and twenty-two.

01:01

Medic 700 and twenty-two, go ahead.

01:07

Show us a route to Gills Road.

01:10

We'll assist.

01:12

Medic 700 and twenty-two, copy your route on EMS 705 at twenty-two forty-six.

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EMS 701 , medic 700 and twenty-two, do you have full crew?

2026-09-18 19:41 UTC

Medical Emergency

Gills Rd, Powhatan, VA 23139

Not official report. AI-generated from public dispatch audio. Always verify with official sources.

As discussed during the dispatch call, emergency crews responded to a lift assist medical call for an elderly man near Gills Road and Old Buckingham Road. The man reportedly squatted down and lost his balance but was not injured, and responders were asked to come to the back door of the home.