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Kershaw County EMS director: call volume rose to about 11,000 last year; council hears gaps in rural coverage
Summary
Emergency Services Director Will Glover told the county council that annual EMS calls rose from about 10,000 to 11,000, with 143 calls last year taking more than 30 minutes to reach patients. Councilmembers pressed staff on coverage gaps and asked about deployable medical units and grant opportunities.
Emergency Services Director Will Glover told the Kershaw County Council on March 10 that EMS call volume increased to roughly 11,000 calls last year, up from about 10,000 the previous year, and that the service recorded 143 calls with response times greater than 30 minutes and 13 calls over 45 minutes.
The presentation, delivered after the county administrator introduced a condensed version of a finance‑committee briefing, showed that population growth along the Highway 1 corridor corresponded with higher call volumes in the Elgin, Lugoff and Camden…
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