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Sanford Ambulance reports 2024 response data, staffing challenges and strong cardiac arrest survival
Summary
Sanford Ambulance briefed the commission on 2024 operations: roughly 15,000 calls in Fargo, a 65% transport rate, good performance on time-critical responses and cardiac arrest survival, and ongoing recruitment and retention challenges for paramedics.
Tim Meyer, senior director for Sanford Ambulance (formerly FM Ambulance), presented the service’s annual report to the Fargo City Commission, describing call volumes, response times, staffing, accreditation and program highlights for 2024.
Meyer said Sanford Ambulance employs about 140 team members in the metro area, including paramedics, EMTs and dispatchers, and that the service is the only accredited ambulance service in North Dakota. He told commissioners that Fargo logged a little more than 15,000 ambulance calls in 2024 and…
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