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Meriwether County leaders hear EMS, 911 reports showing long transports and staffing gaps
Summary
Fire and EMS and the 9-1-1 director reported longer-than-average transport and offload times, rising EMS revenue and persistent staffing shortages; commissioners discussed telemedicine pilots and recruitment constraints.
Fire Chief and EMS Director Danny Stevens told the Meriwether County Board of Commissioners on Feb. 9 that the county’s emergency medical services handled 397 calls in January and recorded 12.8 calls per day that month. He said EMS calls comprised about 82.3% of the department’s responses in 2025, while fire calls made up roughly 3.37%.
Stevens outlined response metrics used by the department: average turnout around 2.4 minutes for EMS, a response time of about 11.8 minutes, and an average time on scene of 17.8 minutes. He said transports from scene to hospital averaged about 29.5 minutes, a round trip that typically removes an ambulance from county service for roughly 50 minutes to an hour when offload delays are included. The…
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