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Everyday more than once there are paramedics at the DESC building on Delridge. What’s going on?

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[JanS]

you have to remember what part of the population desc is for…they probably have more physical ailments than other places. I have an independent living building for those that are more challenged than others just down the street from me. We often see paramedics there.

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[miws]

Jan is right.

I regularly check the SFD Real Time 911 Log:

http://tinyurl.com/dbuqo

especially when I hear sirens nearby.

Quite often these calls are going out to the Kenney, the Mount, Arrowhead Gardens, and other independent living communities.

Mike

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[WSB]

After six years of doing this we have memorized the addresses of the retirement centers as well as a few other places that get more-frequent aid calls – Transitional Resources on Avalon Way (also housing for those with mental-health challenges) is among them. I’ve seen a few aid calls to Cottage Grove Commons since it opened but nothing incredibly frequent. (5444 Delridge Way SW, if you are watching the logs that Mike mentions). In fact, I just searched the City of Seattle database, and it shows only eight SFD calls there since it opened, which is less than one per week. That would not count any private ambulance visits, just city fire EMTs/paramedics – Tracy

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[kgdlg]

DESC employs a “housing first” model which has shown great success in addressing the root causes of homelessness. So, they get folks into housing and then address whatever they are struggling with, often physical and mental ailments (not always of course). This means you are going to see ambulances there from time to time as residents get the care they need. This model has been shown to be far more cost effective than that same person being on the street, using services like ambulances and emergency rooms far more frequently and costing tax payers way more in long run than housing them costs.

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