After hurricanes hit, Dekalb County depot helped provide people and supplies to the front line.
Paramedic Evan Altschuler is packing up, and he does not know when he will be home again.
Altshuler is the latest of about 300 American Medical Response DeKalb (AMR) paramedics to depart the DeKalb County depot, which has sent people to Florida and the Carolinas.
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“We got our trusty ambulance here. We check our supplies to make sure we have whatever we need,” Altshuler said.
AMR has contracts with FEMA and hospital networks to provide help during disasters like Hurricane Milton.
According to GMR’s (AMR’s parent company) Regional Director Edward Powers, the company has deployed 750 ambulances, 12 helicopters, and 1,500 people throughout the Southeast region.
“In North Carolina, it’s been running back up 911 and posting with search and rescue crews. Here in Florida, it’s been mostly hospital evacuations,” Powers said.
Powers spoke with Channel 2′s Michael Doudna from Tampa Bay, where he was helping evacuate patients from area hospitals that had lost their utilities.