GP 911 Communications Center Fielded Hundreds of EM Calls over Past Week
The Grants Pass 9-1-1 Communications Center fielded hundreds of calls for local emergency first responders over the past week.
According to the 9-1-1 Dispatch Center's weekly post on Facebook, dispatchers received a total of 1,248 emergency calls between October 24th and October 30th.
The Grants Pass Police Department received the bulk of the calls with 943, with American Medical Response receiving 286 and Grants Pass Fire & Rescue getting 89.
Rural Metro Fire Department received a total of 66 calls last week, followed by the Illinois Valley Fire District with 30, the Oregon Department of Forestry with 16, and both the Williams and Wolf Creek Rural Fire Protection Districts with 9.
Dispatchers also received a total of 497 internal calls and they made a total of 572 outgoing calls.
Recent rains have caused some tricky driving conditions as evidenced by several traffic crashes over the past week. In addition, the end of fire season means that a lot of seasoned wood has been burning and a few of the piles have escaped.
If you decide to burn, please make sure you do so within regulations and carefully, taking wind conditions into consideration and with ready access to a charged garden hose or sufficient water in case it escapes.
