The Junction City Fire Department has a new machine to provide medical supplies for the Emergency Medical Services provided to the community. This was accomplished with the help of the Geary Community Healthcare Foundation and fund raising at local events.

According to Fire Chief Terry Johnson the Healthcare Foundation raised the $15,000 needed to make this project a reality.

The machine is similar to a vending machine for snacks. It allows for accurate tracking of medications used by EMT’s. By working with the pharmacy at Geary Community Hospital tracking the medications is simpler and less expensive for the JCFD. Dr. Eric Carter and his team in the pharmacy at GCH provide the needed medical supplies and restock the machine as needed. That creates less loss of medications to expiration dates. With the software in the system the Fire Department will become more efficient in how they order the needed medications.