(Le Mars) — The number of calls the Le Mars Ambulance Service has responded to this year is greater than the number of calls from last year. According to the quarterly report, the Le Mars Ambulance Service had 237 calls from September 1st to November 30th of this year. A year ago, during the same quarter, the Le Mars Ambulance responded to 155 calls. Year to date numbers show the ambulance service has been called to offer aid 861 times, where as a year ago figures show the ambulance responded to a total of 683 calls. The numbers indicate an increase of 26 percent. During the quarter, the new 2012 Life-Line ambulance was delivered and placed into service. The 2004 unit was traded-in and the 2008 ambulance was transferred to become the back-up unit.
