<body><div><img src="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?type=thumbnail_580x000&amp;url=3GsPwb_17qcA4cf00" alt="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=3GsPwb_17qcA4cf00" width="1200" height="600" >LAMAR COUNTY, Miss. (WDAM) - Lamar County Fire Services responded to 4,062 calls countywide in 2025. At more than 50 percent, 2,200 of those were medical calls. About 600 were fire related. Lamar County Fire Coordinator Kyle Hill said the volume of medical calls is steadily increasing. Many of those calls are answered by volunteer firefighters.“The majority of our calls are being answered by men and women who are volunteering their time, leaving their home, leaving their place of business, to go and answer calls,” Hill said. “And so, that’s a pretty significant impact to the community.“And it’s a financial impact, because to replace that with career staff would be a large tax burden on the citizens of Lamar County.”In the new year, Hill is asking the public to be more mindful of how emergency resources are used.Hill asked residents to avoid straining the system so that fire, emergency medical services and dispatch resources can be used responsibly.“You’re not going to get to the hospital faster or get seen by a doctor faster because you went by ambulance,” Hill said. “You’re going to get triaged or whatever the same.“Consider, do you need the ambulance or can you go in your personal car? We certainly don’t mind coming when we have to. But the increasing calls, we have seen a shift in what people are calling 911 for.”Want more WDAM 7 news in your inbox? Click here to subscribe to our newsletter.</div></body>

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LAMAR COUNTY, Miss. (WDAM) - Lamar County Fire Services responded to 4,062 calls countywide in 2025. At more than 50 percent, 2,200 of those were medical calls. About 600 were fire related. Lamar County Fire Coordinator Kyle Hill said the volume of medical calls is steadily increasing. Many of those...

Lamar County Fire Services on increased medical call volume

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LAMAR COUNTY, Miss. (WDAM) - Lamar County Fire Services responded to 4,062 calls countywide in 2025. At more than 50 percent, 2,200 of those were medical c

Lamar County Fire Services on increased medical call volume

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