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Chaffee County EMS reports higher call volume, weighs staffing and response changes
Summary
Chaffee County EMS told commissioners call volume was up about 7% Jan–Mar vs. the same period in 2024, with a 10% rise at the South End station and operational strain from concurrent calls.
Chaffee County EMS reported to the Board of County Commissioners that call volume for January–March rose about 7% compared with the same period in 2024, with the South End station seeing a roughly 10% increase and Buena Vista about 3%.
County staff said the service is running two ambulances out of the South End station and one out of the North End station. When the North End ambulance responds, they sometimes redeploy an ambulance north to maintain coverage; staff said that practice is stressing resources when concurrent calls occur on the South End. "We're running concurrent calls on the South End," the EMS presenter said, noting transports can tie up an ambulance for at least an hour and a half.
The EMS report said the department completed about 60 interfacility transfers in the…
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