2008 Service of The Year
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The Emergency Medical Service of the Year is presented to an emergency medical service (ground or air) which best exemplifies outstanding professionalism and service to the community and the people it serves.
Warsaw-Lincoln Ambulance District of Benton County is this year’s recipient of the Emergency Medical Service of the Year award. Warsaw-Lincoln started operations as most rural services did in the early 1970’s – as a funeral home-based service.
In November 1, 1974, the first fully equipped ambulance was put into service. The actual ambulance service was formed in 1978. The district is a tax supported ALS service that covers 700 square miles. The population in the service area is 18,000 not including the thousands of tourists who frequent the area for lake recreation and festivals. Run volume for 2007 consisted of 2536 emergency calls and continues to progress this year. This service operates four fully equipped ambulances in service at all times from two different bases. The average call time is two hours and fifteen minutes since there is no local hospital and all patients are transported out of the county.
The district employs 25 personnel, including 5 Critical Care Paramedics and 10 Nationally registered EMT-Ps. There are 6 certified instructors employed by the service. The service is very active in the county and provides fully staffed ambulances for standby and also provides blood pressure and glucose checks on a weekly basis. They provide CPR classes and first responder classes to local first responder organizations. The service is also creating their own dive team to better respond to water emergencies that are common in the response area.
Warsaw-Lincoln Ambulance District of Benton County is this year’s recipient of the Emergency Medical Service of the Year award. Warsaw-Lincoln started operations as most rural services did in the early 1970’s – as a funeral home-based service.
In November 1, 1974, the first fully equipped ambulance was put into service. The actual ambulance service was formed in 1978. The district is a tax supported ALS service that covers 700 square miles. The population in the service area is 18,000 not including the thousands of tourists who frequent the area for lake recreation and festivals. Run volume for 2007 consisted of 2536 emergency calls and continues to progress this year. This service operates four fully equipped ambulances in service at all times from two different bases. The average call time is two hours and fifteen minutes since there is no local hospital and all patients are transported out of the county.
The district employs 25 personnel, including 5 Critical Care Paramedics and 10 Nationally registered EMT-Ps. There are 6 certified instructors employed by the service. The service is very active in the county and provides fully staffed ambulances for standby and also provides blood pressure and glucose checks on a weekly basis. They provide CPR classes and first responder classes to local first responder organizations. The service is also creating their own dive team to better respond to water emergencies that are common in the response area.
