Career EMS crews in Patrick began answering calls on Feb. 20, 2018. That month, they responded to 13 calls, according to information provided by Steve Allen, coordinator of Emergency Services.

By March, that number had risen to 70 calls for emergency medical service; 15 calls for fires and assisting other agencies (whether fire, rescue or law enforcement) on two occasions.

In April, the numbers were 67 medical calls, 14 fire calls and five assists.

May was among the highest, with 88 medical calls, seven fire calls and one call to assist.

In June, there were 58 medical calls and seven fire calls.

The numbers crept up again in July, with the crew responding to 78 medical calls, 10 fire calls and three calls to assist.

In August, crews responded to 75 calls for medical service, four fire calls and five calls to assist.

Crews responded in September to 56 medical calls, five fire calls and two calls to assist.

In October, the number of medical calls jumped to 78, with eight fire calls and three calls to assist.

In November, there were 69 medical calls, 10 fire calls and three calls to assist.

Crews responded in December to 51 medical calls, seven fire calls and three calls to assist.

All totaled, career crews responded to 703 medical service calls, 87 fire calls and 27 calls to assist.

The squad also was toned to potentially provide service to 327 calls with CCDF, 165 calls with Ararat Volunteer Rescue Squad, 1,259 calls with Jeb Stuart Rescue, 356 calls with Smith River Volunteer Rescue, and 199 calls with Vesta Rescue Squad.

Career crews responded to 32.11 percent of those calls with CCDF, 4.24 percent of the calls with Ararat, 30.73 percent of the calls to Jeb Stuart, 22.75 percent of the calls to Smith River and 52.76 percent of the calls to Vesta.

It did not respond to those calls that were covered by another crew, Allen said.

In May 2017, the county earmarked $350,000 to establish the paid service, according to previous reports.

In fiscal 2017-18, the county spent $132,878.87 on the service, according to records provided by Donna Shough, finance officer.

In the current fiscal year, the county has spent $231,059.93 on the service, records showed.

The current fiscal year is set to end on June 30.