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Sanford Ambulance reports 5,259 Moorhead calls in 2024; officials highlight bystander CPR, AED gaps
Summary
Sanford Ambulance presented 2024 response data to the Moorhead City Council on May 12, reporting 5,259 calls in the city, a rise in daily calls over five years, strong response-time performance versus state law, and gaps in bystander AED use despite slightly higher survival than national averages.
Sanford Ambulance senior director Tim Meyer told the Moorhead City Council on May 12 that his agency recorded 5,259 ambulance calls in Moorhead during 2024 and that call volume has risen from about 12.3 calls per day in 2019 to about 15.6 per day in 2024.
“Over 5 years, it has increased a little bit,” Meyer said, describing the five-year trend. He said only a small share of calls are life‑threatening emergencies and that callers are triaged by Red River Regional Dispatch Center.
Meyer said the agency’s response-time goal is to handle 90% of emergency calls in less than nine minutes; he noted Minnesota state law requires reaching…
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