Firefighters in York are responding to more calls for overdoses than building fires.
"It's a hit or miss. We could get three to four fire calls at a time or three to four EMS calls at a time" Deputy Fire Chief Chad Deardorff, said.
Deardorff said the department takes about 3,600 calls a year. About 1,200 are EMS calls. Four hundred of those are for overdoses. He said it's hard to get an exact number since EMS calls could be for any medical emergency, but he knows the amount has nearly doubled.
"I think it's horrifying having 3 young kids that are all in middle school and elementary school. It's a real epidemic. Back in my day we didn't have near the amount of drugs and heroin and opioids that there are now," Patrick Killian, said.