By Dewey Terrill and Javon George

Junction City provides ambulance service including EMT’s and paramedics for all of Geary County. Junction City Fire Chief Terry Johnson said they average about 3,000 calls per year for EMS so they reach about 10% of the community every year. “We run two ambulances fully staffed and one is semi-staffed. We have an aerial truck that we have to staff as well. That crew can either operate the aerial.”

They also provide transfer of patients from Geary Community Hospital to hospitals in other cities across Kansas. There are approximately 400 to 500 transfers per year. “The care that a patient can get can range from jut basic life-support care to a full life-support care depending on what their needs are.”

All personnel are required to be either an emergency medical technician, advanced emergency medical technician or a paramedic. “In my opinion they get the most excellent care available.

Junction City and Geary County jointly fund the ambulance service.

Junction City High School student Javon George provided photos of the equipment and personnel. He visited Fire Station Two in the Jack Lacy Industrial Park.