Emergency
Dispatches
According to fire and ambulance transmissions, monitored by the newspaper:
August 25
No calls recorded.
August 26
2:39 a.m. — Marion ambulance responded to Hilltop Apartments for a man having trouble breathing. He was not transported.
9:11 a.m. — Marion ambulance responded to the 400 block of S. Freeborn St. for a woman in her 70s who had activated a personal alarm. The alarm company made contact with her, so the ambulance was dismissed.
9:09 p.m. — Hillsboro ambulance transported a man who had cancer and was reportedly experiencing trouble breathing and “glossy eyes” from the 600 block of S. Lincoln to Hillsboro Community Hospital.
THURSDAY
6:34 a.m. — Marion ambulance and fire were called to the junction at US 56/77/K-150 for a pickup that had rolled over. The driver and four passengers were uninjured. They were not transported.
11:53 a.m. — Marion fire was called to the Marion County Special Education Cooperative building for a fire alarm test.
12:57 p.m. — Marion ambulance transferred a patient from St. Luke Hospital to Kansas Heart Hospital, Wichita.
5:14 p.m. — Hillsboro ambulance responded to the 300 block of N. Lincoln St. for a woman in her 90s who had fallen and needed help getting up. Dispatchers had originally said S. Lincoln St, but the EMTs who responded determined the correct address.
9:16 p.m. — Tampa ambulance responded to the 300 block of N. B St. for a domestic problem between a juvenile and a mother, who was complaining of chest pains. She was not transported.
Friday
9 a.m. — Hillsboro ambulance responded to the 200 block of S. Washington for a personal alarm that was activated. The person was not transported.
6:11 p.m. — Peabody ambulance transported an elderly man with unspecified symptoms from 70th Rd. between Timber and Upland Rds. to Newton Medical Center.
Saturday
6:41 a.m. — Hillsboro EMTs provided lifting assistance in the 300 block of N. Lincoln for a woman in her 90s who had fallen and needed help getting up.
8:19 a.m. — Peabody ambulance transported a man who was having chest pains from the 700 block of Elm St. to St. Luke.
3:51 p.m. — Goessel fire and first responders were paged to the 300 block of 29th Ave. for a controlled burn that had not been called in.
6:37 p.m. — Florence ambulance was called to Johnson’s General Store for a man in his 40s with chest pains. Transport was not specified in recorded transmissions.
6:43 p.m. — Marion ambulance and fire were called to an injury accident between Nighthawk and 190th Rds. They transported the driver to St. Luke.
sunday
11:09 a.m. — Hillsboro fire was called to the men’s quad at Tabor College for a fire alarm going off. The alarm was reset.
5:34 p.m. — Peabody ambulance transported a woman not feeling well and vomiting from the 600 block of Chestnut St. to Newton Medical.
7:35 p.m. — Marion ambulance and Lincolnville fire responded to US-77 between 270th and 280th for a bicyclist who had been hit by a vehicle. Upon arrival at the scene, a sheriff’s deputy updated the location as being between 260th and 270th Rds. The bicyclist was air lifted to Wesley Medical Center, Wichita.
7:37 p.m. — Hillsboro ambulance responded to Bethesda Homes in Goessel for a woman in her 80s complaining of pain. Transportation was not specified.
Monday
1:54 p.m. — Peabody ambulance responded to 110th St. between Limestone and Mustang Rds. for a man in his 70s who had fallen. Peabody fire assisted with lifting, and the man was not transported.