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Fire chief: Converse responding to heavy call volume in ESD No. 1 while contract revenue covers a fraction of cost
Summary
Converse fire officials told the council that the city responds to high volumes of emergency calls in neighboring Emergency Service District No. 1 but receives roughly 20% of the department’s budget from that contract, creating an operational and funding mismatch that the council said it will address.
Converse fire officials briefed the City Council on Jan. 21 about an increasing imbalance between the city’s emergency response workload in Emergency Service District (ESD) No. 1 and the revenue the city receives from that contract.
The fire chief said the city responded to 2,474 emergencies in ESD No. 1 last year, including 1,932 medical calls and 542 other service calls; the ESD experienced 68 structure fires during the period. The chief described ESD No. 1 as now densely populated and said it behaves…
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