(WFRV) – First responders throughout Winnebago County were busy on Tuesday as the snowy weather led to hundreds of 911 calls and 97 incidents in a 3-hour period of time.
According to a release from the Winnebago County Sheriff’s Office, during the three-hour time period of 3:15 pm. to 6:15 p.m., the Winnebago County Sheriff’s Office was said to have received 216 calls.
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Over that same three-hour time period, officials with the Sheriff’s Office say there were 97 incidents for emergency personnel to respond to, with those incidents including crashes, cars in ditches, and other weather-related hazards reported throughout the county.
The work did not stop there either, as the Sheriff’s Office dealt with 17 more 911 calls between 6:15 p.m. to 6:30 p.m., and another 24 more 911 calls between 8:45 p.m. and 9:00 p.m.
With all of the deputies, officers, firefighters, first responders, EMS providers, tow truck operators, highway show and plow drivers, and other emergency workers running call to call all night, the Winnebago County Sheriff’s Office was left with just one question:
“Is it spring yet?”
