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Colfax-Greenwood Township Fire Department Loses On Call Ambulance After Company Merger
January 12, 2021
In December, Northflight EMS merged with Mobile Medical Response (MMR), serving Manistee, Wexford and Grand Traverse Counties.
Since then, MMR has made some changes, eliminating an on-call ambulance at the Colfax-Greenwood Township Fire Department.
“Have left our community hanging,” says Shelly Bigelow, trustee for the Colfax-Greenwood Township fire board.
Before, Northflight had two ambulances in Cadillac, one Manton, which was a combination of paid staff and on call, and an on-call ambulance at the Colfax-Greenwood Fire Department.
Now, Wexford County is left with just two stationed in Cadillac.
CADILLAC â Simply put, it just wouldn t practical, either efficiency-wise or from a financial standpoint, to have a dedicated on-call ambulance stationed at the Colfax-Greenwood Fire Department.
These are the cold, hard facts of the situation but they are no comfort for residents of Colfax and Greenwood townships, who worry that the absence of an on-call ambulance in the area will lead to longer response times and potentially lost lives.
During a fire board meeting on Monday attended by residents, township officials, county officials and others, Jason MacDonald, vice president of operations for Mobile Medical Response, explained why the recent merger between MMR and Northflight EMS led to the removal of the ambulance at the Colfax-Greenwood Fire Department, which had been housing the unit there for several years as part of an arrangement with Northflight EMS.