Southern Alleghenies EMS Council is working hard to provide the best and most effective care for the people in the community.
Huntingdon County has used the ambulance availability system for the past two years. It lets 911 dispatch centers know which agencies have personnel ready to respond.
“There have been situations where the 9-1-1 center has had to go through two, three, even four agencies in order to get an ambulance to respond to something. So we’re looking to decrease that initial time and to make sure we get EMS to the patient as quickly as we possibly can,” Carl Moen, Executive Director of Southern Alleghenies EMS Council, said.
Since the system's been in Huntingdon County, the EMS response time has gone down.