Unresponsive elderly woman found in apartment welfare check, Reading MA
Medical EmergencyEmergency responders conducted a welfare check at Belmont Arms near Main Street for an elderly woman with dementia. She was unresponsive to communication inside her apartment. Rescuers attempted to access her apartment but faced a locked secondary door secured with a security bar. Efforts were ongoing to enter and ensure her well-being.
Audio|Source: Reading Police & Fire Dispatch
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Transcript:
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near Main Street, Belmont Arms.
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Direct to the fire station,
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welfare check[1].
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Fire me and hasn't.
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Recease.
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5A train, what was the apartment number again?
00:23
5A has it.
00:26
Right, what was the apartment number at Pellmont Arms, near Main Street?
00:32
Yeah, they don't have an apartment number. The, again, direct to the fire station, the resident's going to meet them out front.
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Roger. Roger.
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1180s.
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118.
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Do we know the nature of the welfare check[1]s?
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No, we do not have any additional information.
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Copy, we'll back them. They tell them one ounce.
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3.239.
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239 Main Street Belmont Arms, Entry 3, Carcery, responding to the welfare check[1].
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One a jamie going out.
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Three keys.
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Five weeks ready?
01:37
Yeah, turn five days.
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If they do have the key to the apartment, it's just that they have that security bar on there,
01:45
and they don't have the key to the secondary door.
01:52
So I mean, the fire department should be there shortly.
01:54
This was a direct to the station call if we just had limited information on this end.
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Right, I'm aware of that. Just letting you know why we can't get in the apartment.
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Received.
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On stand.
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See, C3 Yarnstein. Hey, a quick question for you.
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The police are reporting that there is a key to the secondary door that they can't get through. Is that something you can handle?
02:27
Yeah, we're on team. We'll take care of it.
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9-7-1.
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9-7.
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Here's an update here, there's elderly female with dementia.
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We're just trying to unsecure a secondary lock, but we were able to make contact with her through the door.
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She's not speaking with us, so we're just going to try to get in,
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make sure she's results.
Police codes explained
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[1]
welfare check: Request for officers to check the wellbeing of a person
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Location mentioned:
Near Main St, Reading, MA 01867
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