The Town of Fletcher held a groundbreaking for Henderson County's new Fletcher EMS Station No. 6 on Wednesday, Sept. 6.
The new $3 million facility will be on Howard Gap Road beside Fletcher Elementary School.
The addition of the Fletcher EMS station will allow other ambulances in the county to remain in their districts, which will result in decreased response times across the county.
"We have a targeted response time of 9-and-a-half minutes to get an ambulance to a patient in a time of need," said Jimmy Brissie, director of Henderson County Emergency Services. "We rely heavily on our first responder partners to get there quickly, but getting that ambulance with the paramedics there with the advanced life saving skills is critical to successful patient outcomes."
The new EMS station will have one ambulance on site to respond, staffed 24 hours a day.
It should be completed by summer 2024.
It was paid for by money awarded through the county's American Rescue Plan Fund.
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