Cleveland, OH
Cleveland, Ohio Woman Calls 911 to Charge Smartphone
People in this Cleveland, Ohio neighborhood are angry after an ambulance was dispatched to an Ohio woman’s home.
People have complained for many years that the wait to get medical attention after calling 9-1-1 in Cleveland is dangerously long. Somehow, a 71-year-old woman got an ambulance in just 3 minutes when she called the emergency number asking for help charging her smartphone according to Fox 8,
She told dispatchers she has no power, and she needed to go to the hospital to charge her phone. She also mentioned police refused to take her.
The report from Fox 8 points out that EMS is short-staffed likely leaving actual medical emergencies with long waiting times while Cleveland EMS stayed with this Ohio woman for nearly an hour.
The elderly woman did tell the 9-1-1 dispatcher that she was in pain during the end of her call which triggered an ambulance. You can imagine a confused elderly person calling 9-1-1 while experiencing a much more serious emergency than they can communicate. However, many people are questioning how she got medics to respond that quickly and stay for so long. The elderly woman was not taken to the hospital by the medics but Cleveland EMS did confirm she had no power and was very upset.
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What do you think? Is this elderly woman guilty of abusing the emergency system? Let us know in the comments.
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CLEVELAND, Ohio (WOIO) – FirstEnergy said power should be restored earlier than its original August 14 date in a release Sunday afternoon and Cleveland Public Power announced that 97% of customers have been restored.
RELATED STORY: Severe weather cancels events and topples trees, powerlines in Northeast Ohio
In the First Energy release, it shared that thanks to the over 7,500 storm responders, customers can expect power restoration much sooner, and a small number of customers in areas with more extensive damage may extend further into the week.
Similarly, CPP said there are currently 1,020 customers without service and more than 150 CPP line workers, transmission and distribution inspectors, line clearance workers and support staff working on restoration efforts.
Over 24 thousand people remain in the dark Sunday afternoon in what power companies are calling a ‘historic’ outage following Tuesday’s storms.
FirstEnergy: 2,500+ crews coming to NE Ohio to assist in ‘historic’ outage, over 24K powerless
Below is a list of the times that FirstEnergy customers can expect power:
Ashtabula County
Colebrook Township Sunday, Aug. 11 by 11 p.m.
Orwell Sunday, Aug. 11 by 11 p.m.
Orwell Township Sunday, Aug. 11 by 11 p.m.
Windsor Township Sunday, Aug. 11 by 11 p.m.
Cuyahoga County
Bay Village Monday, Aug. 12 by 4 p.m.
Beachwood Monday, Aug. 12 by 11 p.m.
Bratenahl Monday, Aug. 12 by 11 p.m.
Brook Park Monday, Aug. 12 by 11 p.m.
Brooklyn Monday, Aug. 12 by 11 p.m.
Brooklyn Heights Monday, Aug. 12 by 11 p.m.
Cleveland Monday, Aug. 12 by 11 p.m.
Cuyahoga Heights Monday, Aug. 12 by 11 p.m.
Euclid Monday, Aug. 12 by 11 p.m.
Fairview Park Monday, Aug. 12 by 4 p.m.
Gates Mills Monday, Aug. 12 by 11 p.m.
Highland Heights Monday, Aug. 12 by 11 p.m.
Hunting Valley Monday, Aug. 12 by 11 p.m.
Lakewood Monday, Aug. 12 by 11 p.m.
Linndale Monday, Aug. 12 by 11 p.m.
Lyndhurst Monday, Aug. 12 by 11 p.m.
Mayfield Monday, Aug. 12 by 11 p.m.
Mayfield Heights Monday, Aug. 12 by 11 p.m.
Newburgh Heights Monday, Aug. 12 by 11 p.m.
North Olmsted Monday, Aug. 12 by 4 p.m.
Olmsted Falls Monday, Aug. 12 by 4 p.m.
Olmsted Township Monday, Aug. 12 by 4 p.m.
Pepper Pike Monday, Aug. 12 by 11 p.m.
Richmond Heights Monday, Aug. 12 by 11 p.m.
Rocky River Monday, Aug. 12 by 4 p.m.
South Euclid Monday, Aug. 12 by 11 p.m.
University Heights Monday, Aug. 12 by 11 p.m.
Westlake Monday, Aug. 12 by 4 p.m.
Woodmere Monday, Aug. 12 by 11 p.m.
Geauga County
Aquilla Monday, Aug. 12 by 11 a.m.
Burton Sunday, Aug. 11 by 11 p.m.
Burton Township Sunday, Aug. 11 by 11 p.m.
Chardon Monday, Aug. 12 by 11 a.m.
Chardon Township Monday, Aug. 12 by 11 a.m.
Chester Township Monday, Aug. 12 by 11 a.m.
Claridon Township Monday, Aug. 12 by 11 a.m.
Hambden Township Monday, Aug. 12 by 11 a.m.
Huntsburg Township Sunday, Aug. 11 by 11 p.m.
Middlefield Township Sunday, Aug. 11 by 11 p.m.
Munson Township Monday, Aug. 12 by 11 a.m.
Newbury Township Sunday, Aug. 11 by 11 p.m.
Lake County
Concord Monday, Aug. 12 by 11 a.m.
Concord Township Monday, Aug. 12 by 11 a.m.
Eastlake Monday, Aug. 12 by 11 p.m.
Fairport Harbor Monday, Aug. 12 by 11 a.m.
Grand River Monday, Aug. 12 by 11 a.m.
Kirtland Monday, Aug. 12 by 11 a.m.
Kirtland Hills Monday, Aug. 12 by 11 a.m.
Lakeline Monday, Aug. 12 by 11 p.m.
Leroy Township Monday, Aug. 12 by 11 a.m.
Mentor Monday, Aug. 12 by 11 a.m.
Mentor on the Lake Monday, Aug. 12 by 11 a.m.
North Perry Monday, Aug. 12 by 11 a.m.
Painesville Monday, Aug. 12 by 11 a.m.
Painesville Township Monday, Aug. 12 by 11 a.m.
Perry Monday, Aug. 12 by 11 a.m.
Perry Township Monday, Aug. 12 by 11 a.m.
Timberlake Monday, Aug. 12 by 11 p.m.
Waite Hill Monday, Aug. 12 by 11 a.m.
Wickliffe Monday, Aug. 12 by 11 p.m.
Willoughby Monday, Aug. 12 by 11 p.m.
Willoughby Hills Monday, Aug. 12 by 11 p.m.
Willowick Monday, Aug. 12 by 11 p.m.
Lorain County
Avon Monday, Aug. 12 by 4 p.m.
Avon Lake Monday, Aug. 12 by 4 p.m.
The release said if your community is not listed below, please log into your account at firstenergycorp.com or text STAT to 544487 if you are registered for text alerts to get your specific outage ETR.
As of 10:30 a.m. Sunday, 36,804 FirstEnergy customers in Northeast Ohio are without power. For reference, as of approximately 4:15 a.m. Thursday, Aug. 8, 273,354 customers were without power.
Over 2,500 crews are also coming into Northeast Ohio from other states to assist in the outages.
| Contractors from the following states: | Mutual assistance from the following utilities: |
|---|---|
| Ohio | AEP Ohio |
| Pennsylvania | AEP Kentucky |
| Michigan | AEP Indiana |
| Indiana | AEP Appalachain Power – West Virginia |
| Illinois | ComEd – Illinois |
| New York | Duquesne Light – Pennsylvania |
| Virginia | AES Indiana |
| Tennessee | |
| Georgia | |
| Alabama | |
| Florida |
FirstEnergy issued the following statement Thursday morning:
You can find the current number of outages for FirstEnergy customers by clicking here.
Cleveland Public Power also issued a statement Sunday afternoon:
That same release shared that Collinwood, Old Brooklyn and East Glenville where primary wires are still down are the areas of concentration for crews and contractors.
Click here to view the outage map for Cleveland Public Power.
Here are the counties with the most outages for FirstEnergy customers as of 3:30 p.m. Sunday
- CUYAHOGA -15,468
- GEAUGA – 3,761
- LAKE – 3,161
- LORAIN – 718
- PORTAGE- 33
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CLEVELAND, Ohio (WOIO) – Cleveland Police said they are investigating a fatal shooting that occurred in Ohio on Friday.
According to police, two men were walking together on Detroit Avenue when they got into an argument which escalated into a physical altercation.
One of the men then produced a firearm and shot at the approximately 30-year-old victim, police said.
Police said the shooting happened near West 25th Street and Detroit Avenue.
Cleveland EMS transported the victim to the hospital where he later died.
Police said the suspect fled the scene and no arrests have been made.
According to police, this incident is under investigation by its homicide unit and anyone with information should call 216-623-5464
This is a developing story. Be sure to check back with 19 News for updates.
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