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Section Ten: Historical Perspective <br /> <br />the practice of moving companies into secondary response areas to cover for crews that are <br />working incidents or are involved in other department business, which has provided better <br />coverage in those areas. <br /> <br /> Figure 10.1 Calls for Service 1980-2003 <br /> <br /> 16,000 <br /> <br /> 14,000 <br /> <br /> 12,000 <br /> <br /> 10,000 <br /> -= Total <br /> <br /> 8,000 ~ Medical <br /> -- Other <br /> <br /> Fire <br /> 6,000 <br /> <br /> 4,000 <br /> <br /> 2,000 <br /> <br />Question #2. For the area served by Eugene Fire and EMS, are concentrations effective and <br />cost-efficient? <br /> <br />Concentrations are cost-efficient, in that there are no areas with unnecessarily redundant <br />coverage. However, there are areas where coverage is less effective than it could and should be. <br />These have been identified in this report and include three general areas: <br /> <br /> 1. Fire Station 9, in the Valley River area, is staffed with one or more ambulances, but there <br /> is not currently an engine company at that station, which results in a lower level of <br /> coverage of this area than was provided previously. <br /> <br /> 2. The South Hills area presents some inherent response time challenges with its steep <br /> terrain and winding street patterns with limited connectivity. This is a particular concern <br /> due to the high fire danger in the wildland/urban interface during the dry summer months. <br /> <br /> 75 <br /> <br /> <br />