These dashboards provide visual overviews of the EMS system in Whatcom County from call numbers. Advanced Life Support (ALS) and Basic Life Support (BLS) calls are the response to calls using Paramedics who provide ALS services or EMTs who provide BLS services. Fire blocks are areas denoted by the 13 fire districts and 2 city fire departments in the County. Calls by Agency refer to specific fire districts or fire departments. Graphs including "transport" refer to transportation to the hospital.