By Anton Riecher
Out of 48 emergency responses logged during the initial month of Medina County Emergency Services District No. 1 assuming management of fire protection in Devine, 33 percent were fire related, ESD1 battalion chief David Powers reported to the local ESD2 board Nov. 18.
Stating that the fire portion of the run statistics was “pretty high,” Powers said that other than several building fires, the rest of the fire runs were for grass and brush fires.
The other 67 percent of emergency response calls logged were EMS related, Powers said.
Three of the 48 responses logged were mutual aid assistance to nearby Natalia “to help them out a little bit,” he said.
Average response from time called to arrival was eight minutes, Powers said.
He reported that the ESD1 board of commissioners signed the interlocal agreement to take charge of local management at its Nov. 12 meeting in Castroville.
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