Sean C. Morgan
Sweet Home Fire and Ambulance District’s call volume increased slightly in 2003.
The fire department responded to 282 fires, up from 250, and 1,709 ambulance calls, up from 1,670. Ambulances transported patients 970 times up from 858 in 2002.
The department’s ambulance call load spiked in 2000 from 1,400 to 1,719 and has stayed at about the 1,700 mark each year since.
“We’re busy, and we’re more involved all the time,” Fire…