The Junction City Fire Department has received a new 2017 Ford F550 American Emergency Vehicle Traumahawk ambulance. The vehicle was purchased from American Response Vehicles for $272,000.

The new ambulance will replace a 2006 ambulance that had engine failure.

Junction City Fire Department provides EMS services for all of Geary County. The annual response for Emergency Medical Services in 2017 totaled 3,260. The JCFD also transfers patients from Geary Community Hospital to other facilities for special care. THE JCFD transferred 462 patients in 2017.

The new ambulance will be stationed at Fire Station Two on Lacy Drive.