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Monona chiefs: EMS calls rising to nearly 2,000 this year; chiefs say city needs more staff and space
Summary
Fire and EMS leaders told the Public Safety Committee that Monona ran about 1,700 combined fire/EMS calls last year and expects roughly 2,000 this year; six addresses account for about 30% of EMS calls, the department says, and chiefs warned that mutual‑aid changes and limited station space will require additional staff and facility planning.
Fire and EMS leaders told the Monona Public Safety Committee that the city’s combined fire/EMS operations ran roughly 1,700 calls last year and are on pace to approach 2,000 calls this year, straining a single ambulance and prompting chiefs to seek additional staffing and space.
“We are absolutely in the next few years going to have to add staff. There’s just no no way around it,” the fire chief said, citing increasing call volume, the concentration of calls at a small number of addresses and the recent loss of a nearby ALS unit that previously helped cover the area.
The department reported it is about 16% above last year’s call volume in the first quarter. Fire officials said six specific addresses account for about 30% of EMS…
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