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Clay County is looking to add a new ambulance for emergency services with a Community Development Block Grant application.
Mayor Dale Reagan said after an ambulance was totaled during an accident in October, creating a critical need for the county. Reagan said the county has two ambulances currently. That includes one unit with over 200,000 miles.
“Getting another unit, new unit and everything,” Reagan said. “Would highly increase the capability of being able to supply emergency medical services to our citizens here in Clay County.”
Reagan said the county has to rely on EMS without the Cumberland River Hospital open. Reagan said the county is eligible for up to $420,000 on this grant with a 3 percent match.
“The ambulance we’re thinking of, probably be in the neighborhood of about $250,000 to $270,000,” Reagan said. “We’re not for sure about that yet. We haven’t started doing the quotes.”
Reagan said the next steps are to start getting quotes and putting a package together to bring to the Clay County Commission. However, he said there will be a dollar amount put together for the commission.
“Hopefully by this Fall we will be able to know whether we’ve been successful or not,” Reagan said.
Reagan said that previous ambulance units the county has purchased cost about $250,000.
