More EMS, less AFD – Firemen no longer dispatched on non-emergency calls
The entry of a new ambulance service into the local emergency response network has apparently created a change in the medical response protocol inside Atmore and its police jurisdiction. The city’s two top public safety officials and its mayor have confirmed that city firetrucks will no longer be dispatched each time an ambulance is sent to the site of a medical incident, although city firefighters will remain subject to dispatch…