Name: Multnomah County dispatch forced to call 'Level Zero' due to lack of ambulance crews
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Multnomah County dispatch forced to call 'Level Zero' due to lack of ambulance crews

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Thousands of times within the last six months, Multnomah County dispatch has had no ambulances available to send on emergency calls, leaving those calls waiting. It's happened with more than 6,300 emergency calls between January 17 and June 8, according to Bureau of Emergency Communications data. Read more: https://www.kgw.com/article/news/investigations/multnomah-county-amr-ambulance-unavailable-respond-level-zero/283-06142142-80c5-4770-9faf-95fe7a92be15 Watch more The Story videos: http://bit.ly/watchTheStory Follow The Story on Twitter: https://twitter.com/TheStoryKGW Follow The Story on Instagram: https://instagram.com/thestorykgw

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