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Wauwatosa Fire Department reports 10,000+ calls in 2024, highlights prehospital whole-blood program and staffing pressures
Summary
Fire Chief Case reported the department ran more than 10,000 calls in 2024, described a new whole-blood prehospital program, noted recruitment and retention challenges, reported temporary apparatus reductions due to staffing and said a consolidation study with a neighboring city is expected in mid-July.
Wauwatosa Fire Chief Case presented the department’s 2024 annual report to the Common Council, reporting the department ran more than 10,000 emergency calls in 2024 and highlighting program and staffing developments.
Chief Case said about 60% of calls were emergency medical responses and described several initiatives: the department became the first in Wisconsin to carry whole blood on an ambulance for prehospital transfusion, implemented after multi-year work with medical control and Versiti (the blood center); within weeks of the program start the department administered whole blood on a field call. Chief Case said the program was initially…
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