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Save Sewanee EMS

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Started by Anonymous 17 years, 7 months ago
A large corporation based in Arizona called Rural/Metro is trying to take over the ambulance service for the Sewanee area. Why should you care Because it normally takes the students that staff the ambulance less than 5 minutes to get to anyplace on campus. With Rural/Metro, it could take up to 20 minutes because they aren't located on campus, but much further away! Those are minutes you, your friend, or someone else doesn't have to waste when they are in dire need of an ambulance. Rural/Metro is a FOR-Profit service while Franklin EMS and Sewanee EMS are both non-profit. On the 20th of this month the Franklin County Commissioners are making the final decision on which ambulance service should remain. How can you help 1) Sign this petition 2) Sign the petition in the student post office in Sewanee 3) Attend the County Commissioners meeting in Winchester, TN on the 20th of January. Letting Franklin/Grundy EMS remain on the domain with the Sewanee ambulance is vital to campus security and many, many lives are at stake. We must take action now. Thank you for your time. Any questions can be directed to Tyler Cooney, Student Director, Sewanee EMS at [email protected] or Dennis Jones, Director, Sewanee EMS at [email protected].

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Reached 500 supporters

January 17, 2009

Reached 100 supporters

January 16, 2009

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Dana Fortner
12 years ago Featured

Incredibly important part of Sewanee living ....for faculty, students, children. It is a must to have this quick response from dedicated EMT's at Sewanee. This also draws premed students to Sewanee. The EMS team is hard working, smart, dedicated, cares for the community and responds with such drive to make sure the patient outcome is the absolute best possible!

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Jessica Townsend
17 years ago Featured

My son is a student there and this would be a total disaster if something happened and the ambulance took that long to get there. Leave the service alone.

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Emily Khan
17 years ago Featured

I trust the student EMTs way more than some random company from Arizona. They know these roads and they know our community.

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Mike Frost
17 years ago Featured

THESE STUDENTS SAVE LIVES. Keep them on campus where they belong. Rural/Metro is just chasing a buck and we will pay the price.

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David Reeves
17 years ago Featured

Why fix what isnt broken honestly. Its common sense to keep the people who are already here and ready to go.

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Sarah Abadi
17 years ago Featured

Five minutes vs twenty minutes is a huge deal. Dont mess with what works Sewanee needs our own team.

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