Since the start of the summer, STARS Air Ambulance has responded to a record number of calls.
Crews have had 252 calls between the start of their fiscal year on April 1st and today. This is up from 183 calls at this time last year.
The crew was especially busy in May responding to 88 calls across the province, which beat the previous record of 61.
A large number of calls were ATV accidents. Chad Saxon, Manitoba Communications Lead, says that it’s rare that a day goes by without hearing of an ATV accident or attending one.
STARS attend the majority of ATV calls based on the severity of riders’ injuries and the remote location that the crashes occur.
“Whatever you do, just please keep safety at the front of your mind” added Saxon. Not to say people aren’t being safe, accidents do happen, but certainly, we wanna make sure that people are being extra cautious because we have seen a number of those (ATV accidents )”
Of the 93 all-time calls to the Dauphin area, 14 of them took place last year. Since this fiscal year has started there have been 9 calls to the area.
