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Local EMS leaders ask supervisors to explore ordinance requiring in‑county ambulances for interfacility transfers
Summary
Rescue squad and ambulance service representatives urged the board to consider an ordinance giving preferential status to licensed in‑county ambulance providers for interfacility transports to keep revenue and capacity local; supervisors directed staff to meet with the providers to explore options.
Representatives of county emergency medical services asked the Dickenson County Board of Supervisors to explore an ordinance that would give preference to in‑county ambulance agencies for interfacility patient transfers, saying out‑of‑county providers routinely receive those calls and the practice drains local resources and revenue.
Albert McPeek, a resident of the Willis District and a member of the Clintwood Rescue Squad who identified himself as acting general manager of Dickinson County Ambulance Service, said county EMS agencies have regularly competed with out‑of‑county providers for transfers…
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