“I want to thank the commissioners and Rep. Jamie Kiel,” noted Glass. “Without their help, we would not have been able to acquire the necessary grant money to obtain these machines.”
Kiel, who was on hand for the Sept. 14 meeting, said the devices “could well mean the difference between life and death in an emergency situation.”
“Our volunteer firefighters are most often rural and don’t have access to immediate ambulance care,” he said. “Many of us live somewhere an ambulance might not be able to get to in time, and these devices will allow our volunteer firefighters to provide quicker life-saving care to the members of our community.”