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that the companies be called in turn, five minutes apart, until enough personnel answer. But during the day, two companies are automatically called immediately because of the personnel shortage.
“Sometimes,” said Charlotte Turnmeyer, wife of Buddy Tummeyer and a Flint Hill paramedic, “three or more companies have to be called before someone answers. Lives are at stake.”
Strained financial resources and the extremely high cost of trucks, ambulances, and advanced life support (ALS) equipment have forced all the companies to specialize to some degree.
Washington, for example, has the only ALS ambulance in the county. Only Amissville and Sperryville, at opposite ends of the county, have automobile extrication equipment, the “jaws of life.” And most companies are trading in two aged firetrucks and replacing them with one upgraded multiuse vehicle to minimize capital outlay, maintenance costs and garage space.
What this means to county
97.7%