By Bill Thompson
The Star-Banner
MARION COUNTY, Fla. — More than 100 people a day are taken to a local hospital by a Marion County ambulance — and they are getting there faster and, for taxpayers, less expensively than in the recent past.
So says a new report that provides an overview of the ambulance service of the first year since Marion County Fire Rescue took it over from a nonprofit agency.
The report, which analyzes the performance of the county ambulance service between October 2008 and September 2009, will be presented to the County Commission on Tuesday.
Full story: Analysis primarily covered response times and overall financial performance