10/06/2025
Good afternoon.
There are plenty of ambulance services that are busier than we are, so our best comparison is history.
In 2022, we had 814 calls and averaged 68 calls a month.
In 2023, we had 726 calls and averaged 65 calls a month.
In 2024, we had 810 calls and averaged 67 calls a month.
As of today, we are at 690 calls
In August of this year, we had 77 calls.
In September of this year, we had 92 calls.
So far in October, we have had 24 calls.
Ten of those calls came in a 22-hour period this past weekend October 4th and 5th.
One of those was a serious trauma that was transported to the trauma room at UMASS.
A mutual aid ambulance had to cover one call while we were already out.
Not all of those calls resulted in a patient being transported, but they all resulted in wear and tear on the staff and ambulance.