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Residents and supervisors press county over ambulances and Fort Mountain rescue coverage after multiple service gaps
Summary
Residents at the Board of Supervisors meeting described repeated days without local EMS coverage at the Fort Mountain rescue squad and asked the county for answers; supervisors requested updates from public safety leadership and urged restoration of dedicated staffing at the station.
Residents and supervisors raised alarms about local emergency medical services after Fort Mountain residents reported repeated days with no EMS crew at their station.
During public comment, Brenda Ferguson told the Board that Fort Mountain Rescue Squad has gone “two to three days consistently without any EMS coverage” and described a recent day with multiple priority‑one calls in which county resources had delayed responses. “We were promised many, many times that because our squad is on 220 … there would always be a career person there at our building to run calls,” Ferguson…
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