...which ambulance responds could hinge on what a regional emergency services council decides. The Region VI Emergency Medical Services Council voted Wednesday to have a committee investigate whether the closest available ambulance is actually responding...

...hired. The matter of where ambulance substations should be located is a decision best left to the regional emergency medical service council's discretion. That's a more neutral political body with oversight functions, creating a sort of checks...

...institutions, the Y2K Community Healthcare Awareness Team, Georgia Emergency Management Agency and the Region VI Emergency Medical Services Council plan to address this in a meeting in October, Mr. Bias said. The Red Cross relied upon local businesses...

...commission's Public Safety Committee told Rural Metro officials to get a recommendation from the Region VI Emergency Medical Services Council about the need for advanced service on all ambulances. In other action Monday, Augusta Commission committees...