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Drug overdoses surge in Roanoke amid COVID-19 pandemic Overdoses up at least 25% in Roanoke from 2019 to 2020 Published: Updated: Tags: Nationwide, drug overdoses have surged during the pandemic and the Roanoke Valley is experiencing the same trend. It’s a crisis within a crisis, affecting more of our neighbors than ever before. “It could be in a bathroom in a restaurant downtown, it could be at an intersection in South Roanoke, it could be at a house in Northwest, it could be in a parking lot in old Southwest,” Roanoke Fire-EMS Chief David Hoback said. Hoback is sounding the alarm about what’s become a routine call in the Star City. ....
EMS calls fell for the first time in years. Fire calls jumped â causing a more than 25% rise in property damage. The unprecedented disruptions of 2020, with its shutdowns and contagion threats, are etched into the annual data collected by Roanoke Fire-EMS. âNo surprise to anybody. COVID drove a lot of what we did last year,â Chief David Hoback said Monday during a briefing to the Roanoke City Council. Hoback Courtesy of Roanoke Fire-EMS âEMS demand is really driven by peopleâs activity,â he added at one point. âThe more people are active, the more situations we have.â In 2020, the city saw a 1.4% drop in calls for ambulances. That came after seven straight years of rising demand for EMS service. ....
Roanoke Fire-EMS says pandemic decreased medical emergencies but led to more fires Chief David Hoback presented the annual department report to city council Monday afternoon Tags: ROANOKE, Va. – Roanoke Fire-EMS said the COVID-19 pandemic led to more fires and fewer medical emergencies in 2020. Chief David Hoback announced it as part of his annual presentation to city council. Even with those statistics, Hoback said overall the year was average, with calls down just 1.4% overall. The department also met all its key performance metrics as required for accreditation. EMS calls were down during the height of the COVID lockdown, but the number of working fires increased to 71 from 60 in 2019. While that figure is still in line with a multi-year rolling average, Hoback said cooking and warming fires accounted for the increase. ....
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Company No. 7 is home again. âThis is a great day,â said Roanoke Fire-EMS Chief David Hoback. âWe built this station for the next 75 years of service to this community.â The reconstruction of Fire Station No. 7 has been a closely watched and anticipated project in Roanoke. The new firehouse, christened with a grand opening Wednesday, offers almost four times as much space and is better designed to meet modern needs â including, crucially, being able to properly house both male and female firefighters. That is something the prior, circa-1922 fire station couldnât do. âI certainly want to thank our fire and EMS personnel,â said City Manager Bob Cowell, adding that while the historic station was of a great era it was no longer able to support the communityâs needs. ....