By FRANCIS CALIFANO
It is midway through a relatively slow tour. You and your partner are on the back end of a 12-hour shift, and both of you are ready for a long weekend rest. Your pager goes off, “Ambulance 5611: for the unknown type aided-medical alert at 300 Edwards Street. Additional information: request for a welfare check.”
You acknowledge: “FIRECOM, 5611 responding.” Of all the call types we respond to, these tend to rank among our least favorites. They most often turn into a complex guessing game.
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