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Panel seeks Pafford contract

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The parish Ambulance Service Committee has asked Pafford EMS to submit a detailed contract for providing ambulance coverage outside the city of Ruston effective Jan. 1.

‘Difficult to impossible’

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Even if the Lincoln Parish Police Jury signs a contract with a private ambulance service within the next month, it will be “difficult to impossible” for the emergency dispatch system to make the switch by the time the Ruston Fire Department pulls out of the parish Jan. 1.

Ambulance committee fails to muster quorum

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It will be at least Aug. 5 before the committee charged with recommending how to provide ambulance and rescue service for parish residents outside the Ruston city limits resumes its discussions.

City’s initial ambulance offer never reached full police jury

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The Lincoln Parish Police Jury’s president and vice president were aware of an offer from the city of Ruston for parishwide ambulance and rescue service for the majority of 2021 but never brought it to the jury for a vote.

Why They Voted

On Tuesday the Lincoln Parish Police Jury rejected an offer from the city of Ruston to extend the Ruston Fire Department’s emergency medical and rescue services to the parish through 2023 for $645,604 on a 3-6 vote.

No more Ruston offers for EMS

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Regardless of what the parishwide Ambulance Service Committee does next, the city of Ruston will not provide emergency medical and rescue services to parish residents in 2023.

Police jury rejects ambulance proposal

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The fate of ambulance and rescue services in Lincoln Parish is still up in the air after the police jury on Tuesday rejected an offer from the city of Ruston to extend the Ruston Fire Department’s parishwide coverage through 2023.

Panel recommends RFD for one more year

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The next move in the ongoing question of who’s going to provide ambulance and emergency rescue service to Lincoln Parish residents is now in the hands of the Lincoln Parish Police Jury.

Ambulance panel continues to mull over service options

The parish Ambulance Service Committee now has two more pieces of information to consider as it moves toward a recommendation for an emergency service and rescue provider outside the Ruston city limits.

Panel mulls ambulance, rescue options

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The parish Ambulance Service Committee continues to look at ways to provide — and pay for — emergency medical and rescue service outside the Ruston city limits.