IAEP Local R7-11

Our posts are not intended to be divisive nor should they be interpreted to be competitive towards other departments. We are simply highlighting the data that is published by our administration. We feel it’s important to be transparent to the community to show how we operate daily, monthly, yearly. Therefore, this is a clarification of yesterday’s post.

Using internal and published data sent out internally to the department, we looked at reports from the year 2023-2025. For the year 2023 alone, DCEMS medics left their stations 7,735 times. Moving on to 2025 we have data through the month of September, which left us at 6,176 responses. This was an average of 686 turnouts for calls a month. Because we did not have complete numbers to finish out the year 2025, we took our average of 686 per month and decided to lower that to 550 per month. Which brought the total number of responses made by DCEMS medics to 7,826. Or, as we posted, around 7,800.

Again, this post was ONLY intended to show how often your DCEMS paramedics and EMTs are on the road responding to medical emergencies.

Also- speaking of hard working, here’s some quick highlights:

Mission Lifeline Recognition: Gold with target heart attack.
State of Ohio EMS System of the Year 2020
EMS World National EMS System of the Year 2022
National Safety in EMS Award 2022
Finalist for the 2023 Excellence in Innovation Hooley EMS Award
Finalist for System of the Year at the National Conference on EMS 2023
Captain Jarrod Tupps: State of Ohio EMS Provider of the Year 2024

We also maintain a sim house for in depth, hands on advanced medical trainings, teach numerous internal and external courses throughout the year, and we have members who present topics on national and international conference stages!

Today’s “Did you know?” Is all about run volume!
Within Delaware county each department’s calls for service (ie run volume) can vary greatly. Within each departments run volume, EMS accounts for about 80% of emergency responses. Fire responses or service calls make up the other 20%.
Some departments take around 400 calls for service a year, while other departments run about 3,000 calls. But, did you know Delaware County EMS is the busiest department in Delaware county? We average around 7,800 runs a year!

Happy to be in the station with our partners at BSTG, serving our residents and visitors!

As EMS week 2026 comes to a close, we want to thank everyone for following along. We also want to take a moment to thank our past members of Delaware County EMS. Those who have worked here and moved on to other departments, those who have retired from DCEMS, and those we have lost in the line of duty.
Thank you! Without your contributions this department would not be where it’s at today. From Chief’s to paramedics each person has played an important role in our departments history. While there are too many people to name (I don’t want to leave anyone out), please know you are remembered- the dinner table is constantly filled with stories of our past!

Proud of our friends and coworkers at BSTG for their hard work!

EMS Star: Troy Township Fire Department The Troy Township Fire Department was awarded an EMS Star of Life award.