WASHINGTON COURT HOUSE, Ohio — The Fayette County EMS District responded to 351 calls for service in July, a slower month for the agency as it works through the second half of a year dedicated to celebrating five decades of service to the county.
The district said in a Facebook post that crews made contact with 307 patients last month and closed out 65 calls without transporting anyone to a hospital. Crews averaged 1 minute 42 seconds getting out the door after a call came in and 6 minutes 46 seconds getting to the scene, with 73% of responses arriving in under eight minutes, according to the agency.
Most patients transported by ground went to Adena Fayette Medical Center, which received 235 of July’s runs. Two patients were taken to Adena’s Chillicothe hospital, one to Berger Health System in Circleville and one to Grant Medical Center in Columbus. Two more patients were flown out by helicopter, the district said.
July’s totals continue a downward trend for the month over the past three years. The district fielded 394 calls for service in July 2024 and 389 in July 2025 before this year’s total of 351, according to figures the agency posted. Patient contacts followed a similar pattern, falling from 358 in July 2024 and 357 in July 2025 to 307 this year. Through July, the district had logged 2,549 total 911 dispatch requests for the year, running slightly behind the 2,577 recorded over the same stretch in 2025, and 2,209 patient contacts compared with 2,310 a year earlier.
The July report came as the district kept a full EMS presence at the Fayette County Fair, a commitment the agency has now maintained every year the fair has been held, spanning all 50 years of its existence.
2026 marks the 50th anniversary of the Fayette County EMS District, which has provided emergency medical care across the county since 1976 under the direction of EMS Director Rodney List. The agency, based in Washington Court House, has used its anniversary year to share historical materials with the community, including a 1979 newspaper clipping documenting a donation drive that outfitted its ambulances with anti-shock trousers, an early tool for treating patients in shock.
“Thank you, Fayette County, for trusting us for half a century,” the district said in its Facebook post.
The information contained in this story was obtained from the Fayette County EMS District.
