81-year-old man with breathing trouble and possible stroke

Heard on: DuComm Fire Dispatch and Ops (All)

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Breathing problems.

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District 329, 26W171 Roosevelt Road, (number withheld), Wheaton.

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Engine 31, medic 31, cross street of South Beverly Street and South Hazelton Avenue.

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DuComm, we're at Battalion 3.

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Got it.

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I was seeing a three-story multifamily.

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We do have strobe activation and evacuation.

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We got nothing showing.

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I'll be coming in on FD outside.

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Okay, I got you on scene of a three-story multifamily with strobes and evac.

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Nothing showing. You're on FD outside.

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One company's eighty-one year old male with trouble breathing.

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The nurses are now saying that it's possibly a stroke.

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Unit (number withheld) , medic 34 is currently out.

9/6/2026 05:05 PM

Medical Emergency

26W171 Roosevelt Rd, Wheaton, IL 60187

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As discussed during the dispatch call, emergency crews responded to a reported breathing problem involving an 81-year-old man at an apartment in a three-story multifamily building in Wheaton. The situation was initially described as possible stroke-related breathing trouble, with fire units also reporting strobe activation and evacuation at the scene.