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Edgar County EMS reports higher transport times after more rural calls in November
Summary
County emergency services reported 246 911 calls in November, with transport times nearly doubling due to increased rural and out-of-town responses; staff said most response-time metrics remain below contract thresholds and staff will review transfer and destination patterns.
Speaker 2 presented the county's November EMS and 911 report, saying the service handled 246 total 911 calls last month and that 230 of those were completed with either a transport or a refusal of care. Speaker 2 said the service averaged a little over eight calls per day.
"All the response time still remain lower than the contractual threshold," Speaker 2 said, but added that "our transport times were almost doubled this last month" because crews answered an influx of calls in rural parts of the county and made longer out-of-town…
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