Change in wind for Milton-Freewater ambulance

ALFRED DIAZ and SHEILA HAGAR
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MILTON-FREEWATER -- Ambulance service for several thousand residents is threatened after the area's provider gave notice it will soon end service because of continued years of operating at a loss.

"We have asked the county for years to help fund us so we can merely cover costs. The ambulance service will never be a money maker but to be able to cover operational costs would be great," said Milton-Freewater EMS spokeswoman Cathy Mebes.

Umatilla County Emergency Management announced this week Milton-Freewater EMS will end service May 1.

Mebes said the reason is financial, noting the privately run ambulance service loses an average of $98,000 a year to service Umatilla County Ambulance Service Area 4.


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Posted by barracuda at 02/18/11 05:04PM        Post ID#: #2632

OMG!!!!!!
No service? Really, can some one do it cheaper? Not from WW? 1000 calls a year to have Athena amb. cover MF? MFRFD are already set up and are willing to do it.. PAY the money!

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