Sean C. Morgan
Sweet Home Fire and Ambulance District responded to a record 1,948 medical calls in 2004.
In 2003, the fire department responded to 1,689 calls. Three years earlier the department’s medical call load was running in the 1300s. The call load spiked to more than 1,700 calls before settling into the 1,600s for the next three years.
The department’s staffing levels went from six to eight paid paramedics during that time, with the…