Mental health crisis reported at residence in Gardiner, Gardiner ME


Emergency responders were dispatched to a residence near Plaisted Street in Gardiner for a 74-year-old male experiencing a mental health crisis. The individual was hearing voices instructing him to harm himself but was conscious and breathing when responders arrived.
Audio|Source: Gardiner Fire Rescue
01:12
Transcript:
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Mr. Gardiner Rescue, please respond near Plaisted St in Gardiner. There's a caller reporting a crisis. The caller is pleading for help for a 74-year-old male conscious and breathing.
00:12
He's hearing voices telling him to kill himself.
00:14
He quoted a 25 Charlie 1, 25 C.
00:17
Charlie 1.
00:18
He is not currently violent, no weapons.
00:21
Thank you, John.
00:22
1259. Good to clear.
00:27
I've got the Gardiner Rescue 3s on the way.
00:32
Dr. Rescue 3 is on the way.
00:36
We got to take the code 22 when you get a second, please.
00:42
Got four. Got more.
00:48
Got to risk, stay back for tow for code 22.
01:03
Augusta Garden Rescue, Towns for Code 22, all units are out of the station again. That was Code 22, all units are out of the station, time that code 22, 1,300.
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Location mentioned:
Near Plaisted St, Gardiner, ME 04345
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