There are three new ways to help save lives in Aiken County…These new ambulances rolled into Aiken EMS, paid for with the county’s one cent sales tax.

If you had a medical emergency and needed an ambulance, right now, how long would it take them to get to you? That’s the question in Aiken County, where the emergency services folks are about to double their efforts. But, in order to do that, they’re going to have to get some help from the outside. WJBF News Channel Six’s Joy Howe has the story.

Aiken Technical College is teaming up with the Aiken County EMS to produce more home-grown paramedics. In the past, the college offered introductory emergency services classes, and students had to travel to Columbia or Greenwood to finish up their studies. But, Aiken Tech is now ready to offer more advanced courses, that will take a student all the way up to getting a job as an EMT.

New jobs are on the way in Aiken County…and these jobs are lifesavers. Aiken County EMS has been given additional money to hire 11 new people to be on the roads, getting to you faster. WJBF News Channel 6’s Joy Howe has the story.

Saturday, Aiken County unveiled the newest, joint EMS and Public Safety substation, located on the south side of Aiken. EMS officials say they needed an ambulance on that side of town to keep up with the high call volume and to be able to get to their residents faster. But there are no ambulance calls being run out of this station, because there’s no ambulance here. WJBF News Channel 6’s Joy Howe finds out why: