Elderly woman falls with possible hip injury in watauga

Heard on: Watauga County Fire, EMS and Rescue, Boone and Blowing Rock Fire

02:45

00:00

Watauga EMS, medic base three.

00:02

Zonal 1st responders have a fall with injuries, possible hip injury.

00:07

(number withheld) year old female.

00:09

It's going to be (number withheld) Old US Highway 421.

00:13

(number withheld) Old US Highway 421.

00:16

Your time out is 1853.

00:23

Medic three.

00:31

Caller 2921 responding.

00:38

Stand by, please, sir.

00:43

Medic, sorry, 10-4.

00:48

This is 29.

00:51

2921 is on scene.

01:00

2937.

01:07

John, if you're by station one, can you stop and grab a squad? We may have to force the door.

01:18

I'm trying to get access to the door.

01:24

He's locked.

01:25

Can you drop, grab, stop and grab squad one? We may have to force the door.

01:31

Squad one, careful.

01:38

29-21, anything out of two.

01:45

We started engine.

01:49

Yeah, fine.

01:55

For example, engine two, one.

01:58

Engine two, two, four.

02:04

29-3.

02:07

Go ahead.

02:10

See if you got next.

02:11

Do you have law enforcement around?

02:18

Negative, law enforcement's not around.

02:19

We haven't been requested so far.

02:26

Hey, 10-9, what's up?

02:32

Simple, law enforcement is not in route.

02:34

It hasn't been requested.

02:35

I think they're trying the door right now.

02:37

Fire is.

02:41

Affirm. You can go ahead and start law enforcement then if they get it open, we can cancel.

7/17/2026 03:52 PM

Medical Emergency

Old US Hwy 421, Zionville, NC 28698

Elderly woman falls with possible hip injury in watauga

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