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Fire and EMS report: fall events, personnel assistance for Hurricane Helene, and transport statistics
Summary
Fire Chief Jeremy Haddix listed upcoming events, noted personnel deployed to assist with Hurricane Helene response and said fire-prevention classes wrap in November; EMS reported 80 emergency calls, 127 BLS transports and 8 ALS transports and said an extra crew will be on duty for a Saturday event.
Fire Chief Jeremy Haddix told the council the department will host a Fall Festival on Pennsylvania Avenue on Oct. 27, 2024 and an 'Ultimate giveaway' on Nov. 9. He said the majority of fire-prevention work is wrapping up and that two personnel were sent south over the weekend to assist with Hurricane Helene response.
The EMS written report recorded 80 emergency calls, 127 Basic Life Support transports and 8 Advanced Life Support transports. The EMS entry noted an extra crew will be on duty for a Saturday event and that Nutter Fort volunteer EMS was recognized on the 'Boxing in the Burg' event T-shirts. Chief Haddix said EMS Supervisor Nathan Rohrbough would return to council meetings after his baseball coaching season ends.
No motions or budget actions were tied to these reports at the Oct. 22 meeting.
