High number of ambulance calls in 2021

The year 2021 saw a higher-than-normal amount of ambulance and fire calls in the local area.

Chief Ryan Fish of the Grand Coulee Volunteer Fire Department shared the year’s numbers at Grand Coulee’s Jan. 18 city council meeting.

In 2021, there were 555 ambulance calls, and 72 fire calls.

This compares to 2019, when there were 485 ambulance calls and 42 fire calls, and to 2020, when there were 459...