EMS asks for lifts

The EMS is asking the County to buy stretcher lifts for the ambulances.

These devices will lift a stretcher into the ambulance and secure it automatically. The EMS crew will not have to lift the stretcher with this device in place.

At $35,900 per lift, it sounds like a lot to some. EMS Director Robby Royal is asking for 4. He said the Special Purpose Local Option Sales Tax can pay for the devices. The total is $143,932.16

“If it saves 1 back injury for the County, it pays for itself,” he told the County Commission. “It decreases the injuries to employees.”

Learn more and what this could do for the County in www.TheWiregrassFarmer.com