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Bannock County OKs charging emergency hard costs for Lava Springs event, ambulance district outlines staffing options
Summary
County will charge $780 in hard overtime costs and waive the remainder of an ambulance standby fee for the Lava Springs Fire & Ice event; Bannock County Ambulance District presented data showing South County call volume, volunteer shortages, and modeled response‑time benefits of positioning an ALS ambulance in McCammon.
Bannock County commissioners voted Dec. 23 to require the event organizer to pay the ambulance district’s hard overtime costs of $780 for an ambulance standby at the Lava Springs Fire & Ice event on Feb. 7, 2026, and accepted a waiver for the remaining estimated standby fee.
Ryan O'Hearn of the Bannock County Ambulance District and Tyson of the Lava Springs Chamber presented the district’s estimate and operational options. O'Hearn said the district’s standby‑rate model yields a total standby fee of about $2,040 (the district’s standby rate is $170 per hour, historically), and that the hard overtime cost for one staffed ambulance during the event would be about $780. O'Hearn described two…
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