VIDEO/PHOTOS: The number of emergency calls for opioid response is declining in one part of the south side of Indianapolis. According to Decatur Township Fire, the Mars Hill area is seeing a major decrease in overdoses—a positive trend for this southwest side neighborhood.
“It used to be close to one a day of an overdose. We would have surges and fall-offs, but it was pretty steady,” said Division Chief of EMS Glen Osborn. Now, first responders might get one call a week. “Sometimes less, honestly, sometimes we’ll go a couple of weeks.
This ambulance here in Mars Hill always went through Narcan very quickly and now there are times that we’re like, we haven’t used this in a while, which is a good thing,” he said. Data shows calls have steadily decreased since 2020, especially on Mars Hill Street. “This used to be a frequent place we would come to,” said Captain Tom Meadimber.
