The Elmwood Rescue Squad was started in the fall of 1979 as a Quick Response Team with the Weeping Water Rescue Squad as the departments big brother and primary transporting unit. The equipment was stored at the fire station (108 South 4th). When a call would come in over special telephones in members homes they would respond to the fire station and pick up the equipment, which consisted of an oxygen bottle, first aid supplies, backboards, blankets and whatever else was available.

After throwing it into private vehicles theyd respond to the scene of the emergency. In1984 a 1969 rescue squad was purchased from Weeping Water where the equipment was then stored and the van was driven to the scene of the emergency.

In 1992 Elmwood started their own transporting with a 1979 ambulance. To date we are purchasing a new 2001 squad and we now provide emergency care for the people in about 90 square miles, which includes the towns of Elmwood, Murdock, and Wabash. We have 13 dedicated members but there are only two original members Ed Blunt and Mike Krass.

We have come along way, we now all carry pagers and most of us have radios that we can communicate with each other or directly to the sheriff s department. This past 20 years of serving the people would not have been possible without the support of the of the people in the communities and the surrounding areas, but most of all the support and understanding of all of our families.

 

 

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