Like many volunteer ambulance services throughout the state, Mahaffey Community Ambulance Service is struggling to put enough volunteer responders into their rigs to help those in need.
Last year, the service responded to less than half of the calls it was dispatched for, because in most of those cases, the reason was simply because there are not enough volunteer medical personnel available at certain times of the day.
A public meeting held by Ferguson Township Supervisors was held Wednesday evening at Mahaffey Firehall in an attempt to find a solution to ease that strain and continue to provide initial emergency care for residents. Supervisor Donald Sheeder told the crowd of approximately 100 people in attendance he was charged by his fellow supervisors with scheduling a meeting to resolve the issue.