Response Statistics - Updated 11/03/10

Click on the images below to see full sized graphs. For a further breakdown by month, use the link below the chart. Please note that all of the statistics discussed on this page are for emergency calls and do not reflect the additional inspections, etc., that we also handle.

Prior to 2006, incidents with multiple patients were assigned a run number for each patient. For example, a car accident with three patients would be assigned three separate run numbers. Now, there is only one run number assigned to each incident regardless of the number of patients. This should create a relative "artifical" inflation in run numbers prior to 2006. Despite this inflation, run numbers continue to exceed each previous year. This can be seen in Graph 2 and Graph 3.

A list of notable incidents from last month is posted at the bottom of this page. This includes any fires, mutual aid sent, mutual aid received, task forces, etc. Things that are not included in this list are still alarms, individual ambulance calls, and motor vehicle accidents (MVA's). You can visit our glossary if you have any questions about what these different things are.
Annual Call Volumes
(Last 12 years)
  199819992000200120022003200420052006200720082009
Fire 984 1099 1198 1426 1343 1346 1334 1373 1275 1310 1446 1226
EMS 2627 2983 3055 3067 3198 3250 3263 3474 3671 3856 3851 4085
Total 3611 4082 4253 4493 4541 4596 4597 4847 4946 5166 5297 5311
Breakdown by Month

Notable Incidents October '10** Previous Months' Log
Fire calls for October: 131 EMS calls for October: 435
In October, Station Coverage was called 32 times due to high call volumes and Amherst was
unable to send an ambulance to 20 Patients who needed an ambulance.
8 Patients were transported to Baystate Trauma Center.

YTD Emergency Calls
 

Monthly Calls Breakdowns Each Year
 

Fire calls YTD compared to previous years
 

EMS calls YTD compared to previous years
  • 10/3 Mutual Aid Received - Northampton Fire's Ambulance (A-4) responded to Amherst due to high call volumes.
  • 10/4 Mutual Aid Received - A-15 and Northampton Fire's Ambulance responded to an MVC in Hadley with multiple patients.
  • 10/13 Box Alarm - Smoke in the basement in a house on South East St.
    Responding: Engine 1, Engine 2, Engine 3, X-2
  • 10/16 Mutual Aid Received - Northampton Fire's Ambulance responded to Amherst due to high call volumes.
  • 10/16 Box Alarm - Fire in a dorm room. Emerson Dorm, UMass.
    Responding: Engine 1, Engine 2, Engine 3, Ladder 1, R-6, X-2
  • 10/17 Mutual Aid Received - Northampton Fire's Ambulance responded to Amherst due to high call volumes.
  • 10/19 Mutual Aid Received - Northampton Fire's Ambulance responded to Amherst's response area due to high call volumes.
  • 10/20 Mutual Aid Sent - A-12 responded to Belchertown due to high call voloumes in that town.
  • 10/21 Mutual Aid Received - Northampton Fire's Ambulance responded to Amherst's response area due to high call volumes.
  • 10/21 Box Alarm - Electrical fire. Prescott Dorm, Hampshire College.
    Responding: Engine 1, Engine 2, Engine 3, Ladder 1, R-6
  • 10/22 Mutual Aid Received - Northampton Fire's Ambulance (A-2) responded to Amherst due to high call volumes.
  • 10/23 Mutual Aid Received - Belchertown's Ambulance (A-2) responded to a call in Amherst. Belchertown was hired to assist with expected higher than usual call volumes during a concert weekend.
  • 10/23 Mutual Aid Received - Easthampton Fire's Ambulance (A-2) responded to a call in Amherst. Easthampton Fire was hired to assist with expected higher than expected call volumes during a concert weekend.
  • 10/24 Mutual Aid Received - Northampton Fire's Ambulance (A-1) responded to a call in Amherst. Northampton Fire was hired to assist with expected higher than expected call volumes during a convert weekend.
  • 10/24 Mutual Aid Received - Easthampton Fire's Ambulance (A-2) responded to a call in Amherst.
  • 10/24 Mutual Aid Received - Belchtertown's Ambulance (A-2) responded to a call in Amherst.
  • 10/24 Mutual Aid Received - Northampton Fire's Ambulance (A-1) responded to a call in Amherst.
  • 10/24 Mutual Aid Received - Easthampton Fire's Ambulance (A-2) responded to a call in Amherst.
  • 10/26 MVC / Rescue - A-12, E-1, and Rescue 1 responded to a collover MVC on Bay Rd. A-12 transported on patient to Baystate Medical Center in Springfield.
  • 10/27 Mutual Aid Sent - Engine 2 called to Sunderland to assist with a structure fire in that town. Cancelled before arriving on scene.
  • 10/29 Mutual Aid Received - A-11, A-12, and one Northampton Fire Ambulance responded to Cance Dorm at UMass for three unconscious patients.
  • 10/30 Mutual Aid Received - Northampton Fire's Ambulance (A-3) responded to Amherst's response area due to high call volumes.
  • 10/30 Mutual Aid Received - Belchertown's Ambulance (A-2) responded to Amherst due to high call volumes.
  • 10/31 Mutual Aid Received - Northampton Fire's Ambulance (A-3) responded to Amherst due to high call volumes.
  • 10/31 Mutual Aid Received - Belchertown's Ambulance responded to Amherst due to high call volumes.
  • 10/31 Mutual Aid Received - Belchertown's Ambulance responded to Amherst due to high call volumes.
  • 10/31 Box Alarm - Smoke in an apartment building on Meadow St.
    Responding: Engine 1, Engine 3, A-14, X-1, X-2, X-3
**  =  Multiple calls on the same day are not necessarily in chronological order. Individual
ambulance calls, still alarms, MVA's, etc. are not generally included in this list.

Last Updated: 11.3.10