Milton Won't Pay for Speedy Ambulance Service it Never Got
City Council votes to approve the lower cost after being told paramedics and EMTs on city fire engines respond within six minutes to emergency medical calls.
Milton is going to save more than $132,000 a year by not paying for faster ambulance response that's never been delivered. Rural/Metro has never met its contractual requirement to have ambulances respond to emergency calls within eight minutes of 911 calls 90 percent of the time. Milton Fire Chief Robert Edgar said the ambulance service has been averaging more than 11 minutes to get to Milton addresses. The state approved a Regional Ambulance Zoning Plan which designates Rural/Metro as the 911 EMS providers for North Fulton, including Milton, Alpharetta, Johns Creek, Mountain Park, Roswell and Sandy Springs. Fulton County makes the choice of providers without input from the cities. With a call volume so low in Milton, and ambulances being…
