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Chatham County Fire Department reports lower fire calls, expanding community paramedic responses
Summary
The county's fire chief reported an 8% drop in fire responses compared with last year and outlined community paramedic activity (903 calls since Jan. 1), recruit training, vacancy counts and upcoming Fire Prevention Week messaging targeted at lithium-ion battery safety.
At Thursday's Chatham County Commission meeting, the Fire Chief (name not specified in the public record excerpt) presented the department's quarterly operational report, citing a decline in fire responses and expanded community paramedic activity.
Key figures from the presentation: fire responses are down about 8% compared with the same point last year; the Community Paramedic/Behavioral Health Unit program has logged 903 calls since Jan. 1, with about 725 patient contacts and the remainder canceled or otherwise not resulting in patient…
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