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Medical Emergency in Syracuse

Colby Avenue, between Tyson and Coughlin, Syracuse, Syracuse 1 hour ago · 12:58 pm, Aug 22, 2026
Last updated 1 hr ago · Aug 22, 2026 at 1:04 PM

What happened

A medical emergency was reported at Colby Avenue. The caller described a combative and uncooperative patient refusing medical attention and disconnected from the call. AMR requested a co-response at 1259. Heard over Syracuse Police radio.

Key Facts

Location Colby Avenue, between Tyson and Coughlin, Syracuse, Syracuse
Response Type EMS / Medical Response
Severity
High
Reported Aug 22, 2026 at 12:58 PM
Last Updated Aug 22, 1:04 PM
Reported Via Central New York Interagency Communications Center
Signal Status Developing
How We Got This Live Radio Monitor
Data Confidence Early signal
Published Aug 22, 2026 at 1:00 PM
Source Note Derived from over-the-air radio traffic. Treat it as an early signal until public updates confirm it.
Case Timeline
Initial dispatch
  • Aug 22, 12:58:29 PM Initial Dispatch
    Medical Emergency in Syracuse: A medical emergency was reported at Colby Avenue. The caller described a combative and uncooperative patient refusing medical attention and...
    Source: OTA only
  • Monitoring for updates
    This is an active incident. New dispatch activity, unit updates, and location data will appear here automatically.
Last: Aug 22, 1:04 PM
Radio Dispatch Intel 1 unit
Medical Emergency SIGNAL 21, Ambulance Call / Medical Emergency Bravo Priority Stage: Initial_dispatch
Dispatched Units
AMR

Transcribed from over-the-air P25 radio traffic. Accuracy may vary. Information reflects raw dispatch communications and may not reflect final incident outcomes.

Dispatch Transcript
Top, it's going to be 159 Colby, Abb, between Tyson and Coughlin. The seizures call. There's a combative caller, uncooperative caller, saying that the patient is actually refusing all medical attention and disconnected with us. AMR is requesting a co-response at 1259.

Transcribed from over-the-air P25 radio traffic. Accuracy may vary.

A medical emergency was reported at Colby Avenue. The caller described a combative and uncooperative patient refusing medical attention and disconnected from the call. AMR requested a co-response at 1259. Heard over Syracuse Police radio.

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Alert details

  • Town: Syracuse
  • Public location: Colby Avenue, between Tyson and Coughlin, Syracuse
  • Service: EMS
  • Source: CNYICC
  • Source model: Over-the-air monitor only (CNYICC)
  • Signal confidence: early signal
  • Transcript state: radio only
  • Public note: Derived from over-the-air radio traffic. Treat it as an early signal until public updates confirm it.
  • Published in archive: Aug 22, 2026 at 12:58 PM

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Source

Derived from over-the-air radio traffic. Treat it as an early signal until public updates confirm it.