Toledo Ambulance Service Temporarily Closed Due to Lack of Staffing

The situation is not good if you need ambulance service in the Toledo community.

As of September 1st, the Toledo Ambulance Service is temporarily shut down due to a lack of staffing.

Toledo Ambulance Board President Robert Swearingen said when he started on the board in 1983, it was an all-volunteer service. Through the years, the service had to start paying to keep the service staffed, then had to hire ambulance attendants.

Swearingen said they need two full-time paramedics and two full-time basics to re-open the service. Anyone interested is asked to phone Swearingen at 217-962-0315. 

Currently, the Greenup and Neoga ambulance services are splitting the Toledo territory to insure there is coverage available, but Swearingen said Greenup is down to one crew so, if a call occurs in Greenup's territory, a call in the Toledo territory will have to be served by another agency.