Columbus City Council has approved $145,000 additional budget for Fire and EMS to make sure they have everything they need to save lives.
There are four main items Fire and EMS are focusing on, making sure they do not go over their new budget.
“We can’t always control how many times citizens [use] 911 to go to the hospital, we don’t know how many heart attacks or strokes,” said Columbus Fire Marshal Ricky Shores.
Fire Marshal Ricky Shores says having to restock at the pharmacy is expensive, so they are looking to keep pharmacy supplies, including different drugs, in the ambulance.
“When someone has a heart attack and we load them in the back of the truck and we are treating them on the way to the hospital, you’ve got to push things like sodium bicarbonate, epinephrine, maybe amiodarone," says Shores.