Some volunteers say they've been using their own cars, gas and time to respond to calls.
BASTROP COUNTY, Texas — If you call for help in Bastrop County, you’re more likely to see a volunteer with the Bastrop County First Responders show up before an ambulance does.
McGrew says their organization supplements 911 calls. They can respond and stabilize a patient prior to an ambulance showing up. But there are only four ambulances to cover 896 square miles of the county. McGrew says their volunteers use their own cars, gas, and time to respond to calls. He says he responds to around 40 calls a month.
McGrew says patients he’s taken care of while waiting for ambulances have passed away before. He says it isn’t a guarantee that an ambulance responding sooner would help keep someone alive, but it’s better than being too late. “It's a very nominal increase to property taxes. If you use the service today, you're going to get a bill in the mail. So, ultimately you're going to pay for the service. But I would rather pay for a service that's kind of going to give us what we need than to give us the minimum that we're currently getting,” McGrew said.
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