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Madison County EMS asks board for ambulances, Lucas devices and emergency operations center funding
Summary
County EMS presented equipment and facility requests including ambulances, automated CPR devices, new monitors and a proposed emergency operations center, and gave price estimates for replacements and upgrades.
Madison County EMS Director Bobby Smith told the Board of Commissioners on June 24 that the county’s emergency medical services need new ambulances, medical equipment replacements and a permanent emergency operations center.
Smith said recent procurement and supply delays have stretched vehicle delivery timelines and that the department is budgeting to buy trucks and ambulances more frequently than it has historically. “We ordered 2 more when we were standing there. And they were saying at that point, it was gonna be 3 years,” Smith said of ambulance chassis delivery timelines.
The department gave board members itemized cost estimates: Lucas automated CPR…
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