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DeKalb Fire Chief presents 2024 report, highlights training, AED program and community paramedicine plans
Summary
Fire Chief Thomas told the council the department logged thousands of EMS responses in 2024, invested heavily in training and volunteers supported AED placements; chief and council discussed starting a community paramedicine program to reduce nonemergency calls.
DeKalb Fire Chief Thomas presented the department’s 2024 annual report to the City Council on May 12, reporting high training hours, heavy EMS demand and plans to launch a community paramedicine program to reduce nonemergent 911 calls.
The report matters because ambulance and engine calls make up the bulk of the department’s work and patterns of recurring nonemergent calls are driving program changes. "We found out that there was a strong trend of non emergent calls," Chief Thomas said, adding the…
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