MOUND CITY – The Linn County Commissioners heard reports from the emergency services, fire and ambulance in Linn County on Monday, Nov. 18.
Linn County Fire Chief Randy Hegwald reported that there were seven fire calls during the week ending Nov. 16. Those calls consisted of one fire call, five rescue and emergency medical service calls and one good-intent call.
Dawn Brooks with American Medical Response (AMR) gave the month-to-date ambulance reports from Nov. 1 through Nov. 17. There have been a total of 91 calls resulting in 47 transports. The average response time is 15 minutes 42 seconds. The calls by city were:
• Blue Mound, 9 calls, 2 transports
• Centerville, 5 calls, 2 transports
• La Cygne, 15 calls, 10 transports
• Fontana, 2 calls, 2 transports
• Linn Valley, 6 calls, 3 transports
• Mound City, 11 calls, 7 transports
• Parker, 11 calls, 6 transports
• Pleasanton, 28 calls, 13 transports
• Prescott, 4 calls, 2 transports
Response numbers and times for this time period by commission districts are:
District 1 - 27 responses, 14 transports, 16 minutes 13 seconds, average response time
District 2 - 32 responses, 18 transports, 13 minutes 29 seconds, average response time
District 3 - 32 responses, 15 transports, 17 minutes 34 seconds, average response time
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