Excerpts from wrex.com:
The Boone County Fire Protection District #2 has responded to 155 calls so far this year, more than double the number of calls from last year.
Chief Brian Kunce said he’s trying to figure out why calls have spiked but knows it’s not because of the recent winter storms. A large majority of their calls historically are medical, something they are now investing in in just a few months.
The fire protection district is set to receive a second ambulance which they believe will make the increase in calls more manageable both for them and others in the area. The new ambulance is expected to be ready for operation on April 29th.
“With the accidents that we have out here, we’re always using at least two and there’s been times where every ambulance in the county has been tied up just with a traffic accident, so we’ve got to call mutual aid from Winnebago County, McHenry, or DeKalb,” Kunce said.
