Emergency services: average daily ambulance runs increase to about eight, long response times in remote areas

Emergency services reported that new software now produces the public-safety reports the county has been seeking, and that average ambulance runs per day have increased to about eight from an average of about five a few years ago. The director said some address data need correction to match townships, but that crews are working with mutual-aid partners and completing training to improve response and patient stabilization.

"We're up to about 8," Brehmell said when discussing average runs. He noted that in remote areas response times can be substantially longer — he cited an example of a 54-minute response to a call near the county border — and that most runs occur between noon and midnight.