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Wayne County approves purchase of one ambulance after officials cite repeated vehicle failures
Summary
After testimony that three ambulances suffered catastrophic failures and the county briefly went without any units, the Wayne County Board of Commissioners voted to buy one new frontline ambulance and to fund the purchase from the county general fund (LOST) pending SPLOST 5 availability.
The Wayne County Board of Commissioners on Tuesday approved buying one new ambulance after EMS staff told the commission the county’s fleet has suffered repeated, recent failures that left the county temporarily without any frontline ambulances.
Patrick Parsons, an EMS staff member who presented a written fleet study during a public hearing, told commissioners the county “technically have 6 trucks in our fleet” but that three are currently out of service with what he called “catastrophic failures,” including a transmission replacement costing roughly $12,000. Parsons said the county was down to two trucks twice in April and “twice today went to status 0” — meaning no ambulances were available in the county — and that crews had been forced to turn down more than 50 runs assigned to a revenue ambulance because other vehicles were unavailable.
The commission’s decision followed extended discussion about fleet age, replacement schedules and financing. Parsons cited national EMS guidance that frontline…
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