Hills Area Fire Department Chief Jared Rozeboom snaps the electrical cord into place Monday afternoon to the department’s 1996 Ford rescue truck and former ambulance. The rescue truck plays an important role in the department’s emergency calls as a transport of medical equipment and as support for the volunteer firefighters during each emergency call. In 2023 the rescue truck supported the department’s 61 calls. The department has owned the truck since 2011. Mavis Fodness/Rock County Star Herald Photo
Hills Area Fire Department Chief Jared Rozeboom snaps the electrical cord into place Monday afternoon to the department’s 1996 Ford rescue truck and former ambulance. The rescue truck plays an important role in the department’s emergency calls as a transport of medical equipment and as support for the volunteer firefighters during each emergency call. In 2023 the rescue truck supported the department’s 61 calls. The department has owned the truck since 2011. Mavis Fodness/Rock County Star Herald Photo
News 21 February 2024

Hills Fire Department has 61 calls in 2023, comes in on budget

The 19 volunteers on the Hills Area Fire Department responded to 61 calls in 2023, four fewer than in the previous year and 18 fewer than the highest number in the past decade (79 in 2021).

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