Fire Dept. in No. Kentucky Can't Staff Own Ambulance; Requires Help from Neighboring Depts.

  MORNING VIEW, Ky. -- The Kenton Fire District's ambulance hasn't left the garage since late June.  It isn't broken. The department simply can't afford to pay the two qualified emergency medical technicians required by state law to deploy it. Until the Morning View-based fire department finds either more money or EMTs willing to work on a strictly volunteer basis, fellow fire departments from Independence, Fiskburg and Ryland Heights  -- each at least 15 minutes away -- will take over ambulance duties. Read more at WCPO.
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