Fire District 13 July meeting hears service calls, hospital transports

Summer has been anything but vacation time for Fire District 13 personnel.

Service calls, including hospital transports, have continued to follow a six-month upward trend, chief Wood Weiss told fire commissioners during their regular hybrid meeting July 14.

Weiss’ mid-year statistics showed that the district had received 636 calls for service since January 1, a significant increase over the same period in 2020 and 2021. The fire district had fielded 538 calls during the first six months of 2020. In 2021, the mid-year count was 567 calls.

Transports over the first half of 2022 stand at 162. Tho...