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Re:Chattanooga offers residents lightning-quick connections,... by toomuchtodo on Tuesday July 22, 2014 @12:52AM (#8067450)
> A semi-rural department with three fire engines, ambulance, brush trucks, serving an area of 7,000 people and approximately ~1,000 calls a year does so with expenditure of ~$1M for those 7,000 residents.

What's the breakdown of your calls? Car accidents? Health problems?

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Re:Chattanooga offers residents lightning-quick connections,... by FireBeyond on Wednesday July 23, 2014 @07:27PM (#8077511)
Per normal for this area, about 85% is medical. In our area, about 10% of the medical is MVAs.
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