By Heather Nolan
NOLA.com
NEW ORLEANS — The 2015 Mardi Gras season was the busiest to date for New Orleans EMS, and Endymion Saturday was the busiest day ever recorded for the department.
In total, New Orleans EMS responded to 2,367 emergency service calls in a 10-day period -- a 10 percent increase compared to 2014, according to statistics released Wednesday (Feb. 18) by EMS spokeswoman Liz Belcher. That breaks down to one call every six minutes.
Last year, the department responded to 2,149 calls, and in 2013 responded to 2,108 calls.
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Titus and Dan are along the parade route tonight. Titus caught a shoe! #NightWatch #MardiGras2015 pic.twitter.com/RQTB56Pr25
— New Orleans EMS (@NewOrleansEMS) February 13, 2015