The county Fire Department is looking for people who own four-wheel-drive vehicles to provide emergency transportation during snowstorms, a spokesman for the department said yesterday.
The volunteers are needed to drive critical medical personnel and dialysis patients to county hospitals. Chief Gary Sheckells, a department spokesman, said the county already has a "cadre of loyal volunteers" who have been providing service for the past several years. Additional volunteers are needed to reduce the number of trips required of each volunteer during a storm, Chief Sheckells said.
The department's Emergency Management Office matches those people who require emergency transportation with volunteers who live close by.
Anyone who owns a four-wheel-drive vehicle and wishes to volunteer is urged to call Joe Byrnes of the Emergency Management Office at 987-4010, Ext. 315.