Florence firefighters said in recent weeks they are seeing a slight uptick in possible coronavirus calls they're responding to. Florence's Deputy Fire Chief Tim Anerton described the pandemic as a roller coaster for his staff. Sometimes they will get a lot of calls about people displaying coronavirus symptoms but on the other hand calls have gone down across the board because people might still be weary about going to the hospital. Firefighters go on medical calls with paramedics and EMTS. Shoals Ambulance said in the months of April and May the overall call volume was down 30%. Now it's only about 5% below average, but the ambulance service said it's doing more medical facility transports like taking a patient from a nursing home to a hospital. "There was a period of time when we had a lot of COVID calls or covid suspicious calls. That tapered off a bit, but in the last couple of weeks we've seen an uptick again," said Anerton.