How does the Ambulance District contract for services?
The Ambulance District presently contracts for performance-based services to cover the entirety of Blaine County. Under the present contract format, the District has divided the County into two major ambulance service areas: one from the Greenhorn Bridge north and the other from the Greenhorn Bridge south. Ketchum Fire Department covers the north area. Wood River Fire and Rescue covers the south area. The performance level required under the contract is primarily paramedic and based on timely 24/7 response capability. To see details of the two departments’ budgets, click HERE. The Ambulance District Commissioners ask contract service providers to present annual budget requests including additional information to support the requests. Then the Commissioners and the providers negotiate a contract for services for one fiscal year. For details of the contracts themselves, click HERE. Any agency, public or private, could offer to contract with the District to provide ambulance services as l
