East Erie County received a check for a new ambulance on Wednesday, with the goal of cutting down response times.
County Executive Brenton Davis awarded East County EMS a grant check of $150,000 toward a new ambulance worth $250,000.
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The investment was made possible by an Erie County EMS transformational grant fund using gaming funds allotted to the county.
The check presentation will allow the EMS organization to fund a second ambulance for their fleet, and Dean Pepicello, president of Erie County EMS, said rest assured, the community can expect that a qualified crew is close by and will be there in a timely manner.
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“We’re going to hire additional staff. It improves greatly because we’re very busy. We have a need for two full-time ambulances, two full-time crews. All of this kind of fills the need in East County, and the county’s been a huge help on that,” said Pepicello…