West Point Mayor Richard Ciresi said improving ambulance response times to the city was potentially a matter of life and death.
“We had a 20 to 25 minute response time, and that just seemed unacceptable, long story short,” Ciresi said.
That response time has been cut down to six minutes thanks to an interlocal agreement between Hardin and Bullitt counties, under which Bullitt County EMS will take over emergency medical services for West Point.
Ciresi said he reached out to Hardin County Judge/Executive Keith Taul about a year ago about the issue, and he reviewed possibilities with Hardin County EMS.
“They saw that maybe this was an opportunity to not only help West Point get faster ambulance service, but it eliminates one of the ambulances in Radcliff from having to be so far out from the remainder of the population, so it’s kind of a win-win,” Ciresi said.
Ciresi credited the work of Taul, Bullitt County Judge/Executive Jerry Summers, and the respective county EMS operations for getting the interlocal agreement on the books.
“My sincere thanks to all the people involved that made this happen,” Ciresi said. “It wasn’t easy. It seemed like we had to jump through a lot of hoops, but everybody did their share.”
The City of West Point will be hosting a ceremony to celebrate the interlocal agreement Wednesday.
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