Who are Blaine Countys paramedics and EMTs?
Our paramedics and EMTs are full-time and volunteer residents. These medically-trained women and men are cross-trained as firefighters and are prepared to respond to almost any emergency. They are local residents who give a huge amount of time to their community, both on-duty and off. Ketchum Fire and Wood River Fire each staff one ambulance 24/7; additional critical calls or overlapping calls require a second ambulance or third ambulance response from off-duty and volunteer members who drop everything and respond when their pagers go off. These women and men are often first on-scene because they are out working and playing in our community, but they set aside their own plans to provide advanced medical care to our residents and visitors.
