Huxley Ambulance Service facing challenges

  • Source: Ames Tribune
  • Published: 12/07/2017 02:59 AM

The Huxley Ambulance Service is facing some challenges that many small towns across America are contending with: a lack of qualified volunteers and a lack of incentives to attract and retain them. The Huxley City Council listened to the concerns of EMS Deputy Chief Krista McGinn and Fire Chief Chad Anthony during last week’s council meeting, and voted to approve a temporary increase in the hourly stipend from a current rate of $4 an hour during the day and $2 an hour at night to $10 an hour during the day and $8 an hour at night, with a re-evaluation in February. “This isn’t a job a random person off the street can do,” McGinn said.



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