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The following are incidents the South Lake Tahoe Fire Rescue department responded to from November 9 to November 22, 2016.

11/9/16: 6 calls - 4 EMS, 1 fire in structure, 1 interfacility transfer

11/10/16: 6 calls - 3 EMS, 1 vehicle accident with injuries, 1 smoke detector activation, 1 scare of smoke/odor of smoke

11/11/16: 7 calls - 3 EMS, 1 interfacility transfer, 1 incident not found upon arrival, 1 unauthorized burning, 1 CO activation due to malfunction

11/12/16: 7 calls - 4 EMS, 2 interfacility transfers, 1 incident not found upon arrival

As a resident of the District for the past 38 years, with the last 11 years serving as Director for the Lake Valley Fire District (LVFD) Board and 10 years as Chairman of Cal Tahoe JPA, our local emergency medical service (EMS) provider, I wish to leverage my experience and continue my passion for community service as a Director of LVFD. With a distinguished career in public service of over 40 years, having many years of experience in oversight and management in local Fire District some noteworthy accomplishments are:

The following are incidents the South Lake Tahoe Fire Rescue department responded to from September 22 to September 30, 2016

9/22/16: 9 calls - 6 EMS, 1 interfacility transfer, 2 police matters

9/23/16: 11 calls - 7 EMS, 1 interfacility transfer, 1 carbon monoxide incident, 2 good intent calls

9/24/16: 9 calls - 3 EMS, 1 carbon monoxide detector activated - no CO, 1 police matter, 1 wildland fire, 1 barbeque/tar kettle, 1 fire "other," 1 emergency medical service "other"

The following are incidents the South Lake Tahoe Fire Rescue department responded to from September 13 to September 21, 2016

9/13/16: 4 calls - 3 EMS, 1 interfacility transfer

9/14/16: 11 calls - 4 EMS, 2 interfacility transfers, 1 interfacility psych transfer, 3 dispatched and canceled en route, 1 service call

9/15/16: 6 calls - 3 EMS, 1 sprinkler activation - no fire, 1 carbon monoxide detector activation - no CO, 1 vehicle accident with injuries

9/16/16: 8 calls - 2 EMS, 3 interfacility transfers, 1 public service, 1 smoke or odor removal, 1 vehicle accident with injuries

The following are incidents the South Lake Tahoe Fire Rescue department responded to from September 1 to 7, 2016.

9/1/16 - 8 calls: 4 EMS, 1 interfacility transfer, 2 public service, 1 smoke detector activation

9/2/16 - 10 calls: 3 EMS, 2 assist invalid, 2 wildland fires, 1 canceled en route, 1 alarm activation - no fire, 1 vehicle accident no fire

9/3/16 - 14 calls: 6 EMS, 2 interfacility transfers, 1 smoke detector activation - no fire, 1 power line down, 1 water problem, 2 unauthorized burning, 1 brush fire

The following are incidents the South Lake Tahoe Fire Rescue department responded to from August 19 to August 25, 2016.

8/19/16: 17 calls: 8 EMS, 1 interfacility transfer, 3 dispatch errors, 1 vehicle accident with injuries, 3 canceled en route, 1 public service assist

8/20/16: 14 calls: 8 EMS, 1 interfacility transfer, 1 smoke scare/odor of smoke, 1 gasoline spill, 3 canceled en route

8/21/16: 12 calls: 4 EMS, 1 interfacility transfer, 1 interfacility psych transfer, 3 dispatch error, 1 vehicle accident no injuries, 1 false alarm, 1 alarm sounded-no fire

The following are incidents the South Lake Tahoe Fire Rescue department responded to from August 1 to August 10, 2016.

8/1/16: 15 calls - 6 EMS, 2 interfacility transfers, 1 ring or jewelry removal, 1 public service, 1 wildland fire, 1 arcing or shorted electrical equipment, 2 no incidents found, 1 unauthorized burning

8/2/16: 8 calls - 1 EMS, 1 carbon monoxide detector activation, 1 medical assist, 1 good intent call, 1 interfacility transfer, 1 citizen complaint, 1 call to assist invalid, 1 barbeque, tar kettle issue

8/3/16: 6 calls - 6 EMS

South Shore ambulance service has been a hot topic both locally, and across the county with growing concern over the costs and resulting manpower shortage of providing interfacility transfers (IFTs) to facilities outside of El Dorado County.

To understand the recent actions of the El Dorado County Board of Supervisors (BOS), a look at the past year is warranted.

The City of South Lake Tahoe Wants Out of the Ambulance Business

The following are incidents the South Lake Tahoe Fire Rescue department responded to from June 24 - June 30, 2016.

6/24
9 calls: 7 EMS, 1 interfacility transfer, 1 false alarm

6/25
15 calls: 10 EMS, 1 canceled en route, 3 false alarm, 1 unauthorized burning

6/26
9 calls: 7 EMS, 1 interfacility transfer, 1 "good intent" call

6/27
8 calls: 4 EMS, 1 building fire, 1 interfacility transfer, 1 vehicle accident, 1 "no incident found" upon arrival

6/28

The following are incidents the South Lake Tahoe Fire Rescue department responded to from June 1 to June 15, 2016.

June 1 - 11 calls: 5 EMS, 1 interfacility transfer, 1 vehicle accident no injuries, 1 police matter, 1 sprinkler activation no fire, 1 alarm activation no fire, 1 canceled en route.

June 2 - 11 calls: 7 EMS, 1 police matter, 1 vehicle accident with no injuries, 1 no incident found, 1 smoke detector activation no fire.

June 3 - 12 calls: 7 EMS, 1 unauthorized burning, 2 interfacility transfers, 1 dispatch error, 1 vehicle accident with injuries.

The following are incidents the South Lake Tahoe Fire Rescue department responded to from May 13 - May 18, 2016.

5/13 - 3 Calls: 3 EMS

5/14 - 9 Calls: 5 EMS, 1 interfacility transfer, 1 vehicle accident with injuries, 1 system malfunction, 1 good intent call

5/15 - 5 Calls: 2 EMS, 1 interfacility transfer, 1 dispatch error, 1 "special type of incident"

5/16 - 13 Calls: 6 EMS, 1 assist invalid, 1 alarm sounded due to malfunction, 3 smoke detector activation - no smoke, 2 canceled en route

5/17 - 5 Calls: 4 EMS, 1 interfacility transfer

The following are incidents the South Lake Tahoe Fire Rescue department responded to from April 21 to April 24, 2016.

5/21: 7 calls: 3 EMS, 2 vehicle accidents with injuries, 1 interfacility transfer, 1 building fire.

5/22: 10 calls: 4 EMS, 1 passenger vehicle fire, 2 canceled en route, 1 public service call, 1 electrical wiring/equipment problem, 1 interfacility transfer.

5/23: 13 calls: 4 EMS, 2 interfacility transfers, 1 carbon dioxide detector malfunction, 2 vehicle accident with injuries, 3 no incidents found, 1 special type of incident.

The following are incidents the South Lake Tahoe Fire Rescue department responded to from April 14 to April 20, 2016.

4/14: 5 calls: 5 EMS.

4/15: 7 calls: 2 EMS, 1 interfacility transfer, 1 assist for invalid, 2 false alarm, 1 carbon monoxide incident.

4/16: 11 calls: 7 EMS, 1 sprinkler activation with no fire, 1 good intent call, 1 canceled en route, 1 interfacility transfer.

4/17: 4 calls: 2 EMS, 1 canceled en route, 1 vehicle fire.

4/18: 7 calls: 4 EMS, 1 public service, 1 vehicle accident with injuries, 1 interfacility transfer.

South Lake Tahoe Fire Chief Jeff Meston and the City's representatives on the Cal Tahoe JPA have repeated several times publicly that the City will not leave the area stranded without adequate ambulance service when they pull out of the Cal Tahoe JPA. Both Meston and City Councilmember Tom Davis, who sits on the JPA board, said the City will continue to supply ambulance personnel for at least 90 days after their original termination date of April 15 to ease the transition of EMS services to Lake Valley Fire Department.

In the mix you have El Dorado County, the City of South Lake Tahoe, Lake Valley Fire Protection and the Cal Tahoe JPA. More importantly, and most likely the reason for the passionate responses from all involved, the mix also contains the safety of the public.

On March 15, 2016, the City of South Lake Tahoe sent a letter to the JPA, stating their intent to pull out of the agency that was created in 2001 to supply ambulance service to the City and the County and a portion of Alpine County.

The following are incidents the South Lake Tahoe Fire Rescue department responded to from February 19 to March 10, 2015.

2/19 - 13 Calls: 8 EMS, 1 EMS canceled en route, 1 person in distress, 1 water or steam leak, 1 interfacility transfer, 1 public service assistance

2/20 - 8 calls: 6 EMS, 1 canceled en route, 1 interfacility transfer

2/21 - 11 calls: 8 EMS, 1 canceled en route, 1 interfacility transfer, 1 carbon monoxide detector malfunction

2/22 - 8 calls: 4 EMS, 2 canceled en route, 1 false alarm, 1 interfacility transfer

The following is a list of all 911 calls received by South Lake Tahoe Fire Rescue (SLTFR) from January 27 to February 18, 2016.

1/27 - 6 calls: 2 EMS, 1 interfacility transfer, 1 CO2 detector malfunction, 1 water/steam leak, 1 public service assistance.

1/28 - 11 calls: 8 EMS, 1 EMS psych transfer, 1 no incident found upon arrival, 1 unintentional alarm.

1/29 - 19 calls: 13 EMS, 1 public service assistance, 1 psych transfer, 1 no incident found upon arrival, 1 cancelled en route, 1 vehicle accident with injuries, 1 smoke detector malfunction.

A man was shot and killed at the Beverly Lodge in South Lake Tahoe Saturday night. At about 7:42 p.m. on January 30, 2016, several people called 911 to report shots being fired at the motel which is located at 34780 Lake Tahoe Boulevard.

Officers from the South Lake Tahoe Police Department responded immediately as did an EMS unit from the fire department. Upon arrival they found a man who had been shot, lying on the ground outside one of the rooms at the motel. He was transported to Barton Hospital where he died within a few minutes of arrival.

The following is a list of all 911 calls received by South Lake Tahoe Fire Rescue (SLTFR) from December 21, 2015 to January 6, 2016.

December 21: 10 calls: 4 EMS, 1 interfacility transfer, 1 hazardous condition (other), 1 assist police call, 1 malfunctioning alarm, 1 call canceled en route, 1 carbon monoxide incident

December 22: 13 calls: 6 EMS, 1 interfacility transfer, 2 calls canceled en route, 1 no incident found upon arrival, 1 alarm system sounded with no incident, 1 passenger vehicle fire, 1 public assistance call

It has been and will remain the mission of the Lake Valley Fire Protection District to provide the highest level of public safety services for our community, its people, and the environment. As our motto states, it is “Because We Care “. Driven by these guiding principles, in 2001 the LVFPD entered into a partnership with the City of South Lake Tahoe to provide fire based ambulance transportation and advanced life support paramedic services throughout the South Shore of Lake Tahoe.

The following is a list of all 911 calls received by South Lake Tahoe Fire Rescue (SLTFR) from November 24 to December 10, 2015.

November 24, 2015: 10 calls: 2 EMS calls, 1 interfacility transfer, 1 EMS psych transfer, 1 EMS call canceled en route, 1 call for public assistance, 1 power line down, 1 false alarm, 1 vehicle accident with injuries, 1 car vs. pedestrian call.

November 25, 2015: 9 calls: 4 EMS calls, 2 detector activated no fire, 1 good intent call, 1 canceled en route, 1 vehicle accident no injuries.

November 26, 2015: 6 calls: 5 EMS calls, 1 EMS call canceled en route.

The following is a list of all 911 calls received by South Lake Tahoe Fire Rescue (SLTFR) from November 1 to November 23, 2015.

November 1, 2015: 3 calls: 2 EMS calls, 1 alarm system malfunction.

November 2, 2015: 15 calls: 4 EMS calls, 1 EMS psych transfer, 1 interfacility transfer, 1 water or steam leak, 1 vehicle accident with injuries, 1 motor accident with no injuries, 1 accident without injuries, 1 fire alarm activated with no fire, 1 electrical wiring problem, 1 dispatch canceled enroute, 1 unauthorized burning, 1 no incident found

The following is a list of all 911 calls received by South Lake Tahoe Fire Rescue (SLTFR) from October 8 to October 21, 2015.

October 8, 2015: 7 calls: 5 EMS calls, 1 interfacility psych transfer, 1 oil or other combustible spill.

October 9, 2015: 13 calls: 7 EMS calls, 1 interfacility transfer, 1 "no incident found", 1 outside rubbish fire, 1 dispatch error, 1 CO2 detector activation due to malfunction, 1 call for gasoline or other flammable liquid spill.

This is a new feature on South Tahoe Now. We will be posting the calls received each week by South Lake Tahoe Fire Rescue. If an incident is serious we will continue to write a story as it happens.

September 23, 2015: 13 calls received by South Lake Tahoe Fire Rescue: 8 EMS calls, 1 interfacility transfer, 1 no incident found, 1 malicious false alarm, 1 cooking fire confined to container, 1 forest/woods/wildland fire in 3700 block of Lucinda Ct.

September 24, 2015: 10 calls: 9 EMS calls, 1 no incident found upon arrival.