The Seattle Fire Department is on pace to break a record in its responses to homeless encampment fires and medical aid calls at the camps. FOX13
is on pace to break a record in its responses to homeless encampment fires and medical aid calls at the camps.
On the medical side, Scoggins said EMS units respond to anywhere from 30 to 35 medical aid calls in encampments every day. He said the department averages between 250 to 275 calls to 911 for service city-wide every day. Encampment calls are now approaching 15% of the daily calls the department gets.
"I think they are, but we continue to look at the data on each area of the fire, what are response times are how much resources we are dedicating to it," Harrell said.
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