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Old 09-15-2023, 02:05 PM
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Originally Posted by Bill14564 View Post
Before my time too. Sumter County seems to privatize as much as possible. It appears that in 2010 or 2011 the County Administrator chose to privatize ambulance service. Rural Metro was chosen and later purchased by AMR.

I found an article on the local-news-site-that-shall-not-be-named. Try searching for "rural metro" or some part of this: 2021/05/01/for-profit-ambulance-service-keeping-villagers-waiting-for-up-to-an-hour/
Given the poor response time for AMR think the right thing was done in dumping them. We will be paying more but as long as the service does it job efficiently, no complaints from me.