1/16/12 – The Beaver Dam Fire Department saw a 7.8% increase in their Emergency Medical Service calls last year compared to 2010. There were 1774 EMS calls in 2011, compared to 1646 the previous year, that’s an increase of 128 calls. Those numbers do not include revenue-generating inter-facility transports, which were down 13-percent. There were 377 transports last year, compared to 435 in 2010, a difference of 58 transports. During its first full year of operation, Beaver Dam conducted 533 non-emergency transports for revenue. Beaver Dam is putting its paramedic-level of service to use outside of the city, providing mutual assistance with their paramedics 36 times last year, an increase of eight calls from the previous year. Fire and other service calls were down four-percent. There were 297 fire calls last year, compared to 310 in 2009, that includes actual fires, false fire alarms, carbon monoxide investigations and general service calls.
