Jesse, presenting the September 9-1-1/EMS report to the Edgar County Board of Commissioners, said the county received 256 9-1-1 calls in the month, with 163 of those calls resulting in transports to Horizon Health and 36 listed as treat-no-transport.

Jesse said the month also included 27 non-emergent and nine emergent transfers, 26 hospital-to-nonhospital trips, two cardiac arrests or DOAs, two fire department standbys, six classes taught with 64 students reached, 10 intercept/mutual-aid responses and 10 public-relations events.

Board members asked for clarification about the 36 treat-no-transport entries; Jesse explained that the blank field in the report indicates cases in which responders made contact but did not transport the patient. He also pointed out that some air medical landings take place at improvised county landing zones (for example near Redmond) rather than at the Horizon Health helipad, which can reduce overall transport time.

On air medical usage, Jesse said the county averages about 52 helicopter landings a year (roughly one per week) but that activations were higher during September because of several acute strokes. He estimated typical helicopter scene-to-hospital transport times at about 18'20 minutes, compared with as much as an hour for ground transport under certain conditions.

Board members asked how many aircraft are available; Jesse listed multiple operators serving the region and estimated roughly eight aircraft within a 75-mile radius, supplied by several providers including Arrivac and local hospital-affiliated teams.

The report did not include a proposed policy change or vote. Board members thanked EMS personnel and asked staff to pass along compliments to responders who assisted a board member recently.