Eureka Springs Fire & EMS is here to stay, and there’s a contract to prove it.
On Tuesday afternoon, the Western Carroll County Ambulance District Commission approved its contract with ESFD to provide ambulance service for the Western District. ESFD received the bid to provide the service in April, promising to supply two ambulances with crews on a 24-hour basis. Vice chair Sam Ward said the contract will be signed by Eureka Springs Mayor Butch Berry before June 30, the date the current ambulance contract expires.
Also at the meeting, Eureka Springs rural emergency medical responder Michael Fitzpatrick spoke about the minutes from last month’s meeting. Fitzpatrick said the minutes state that responders out of rural Eureka Springs failed to provide cover on 88 out of 98 occasions in 2015 when they were called. This is untrue, Fitzpatrick said.