In a Facebook post on July 20, City of Alexander Mayor Paul Mitchell announced that Pafford Medical Services has been selected to provide Emergency Medical Services (EMS) to both the rural areas and cities in Saline County. Pafford will begin providing services January 1, 2022.
According to their website Pafford has been in business for 53 years. The website also states, “Pafford is home to over 900 full and part-time employees that staff more than 120 ambulances, three helicopters, three fixed wing aircraft, two state of the art communications centers, and one billing center across a four state region.”
Pafford is serving multiple locations in Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, and Oklahoma. They also provide air and ambulance service in Dallas, Texas. Based on the map on their website they do not appear to have any operations in Central Arkansas, including Saline County.
In April the Alexander City Council approved an inter-local agreement, joining six Saline County cities and the county in forming a coalition to contract with one EMS provider. The other cities involved are Bauxite, Benton, Bryant, Haskell, Shannon Hills, and Traskwood.
As stated in the ordinance, which established the inter-local agreement, the,”[P]urpose is to ensure that there is increased consistency, transparency, and accountability with the emergency medical services … provider for the citizens of Saline County.”
The agreement established an EMS governing board. The board, “[W]ill be responsible for issuing a competitive solicitation for EMS services and assuring that the terms of any EMS franchise agreement are complied with.”
Near the end of Alexander’s July 19 council meeting Mitchell said the EMS board was meeting the next day (Tuesday July 20) to review the five submissions. He said they were to narrow them down to three. Apparently, by the end of the meeting they were down to one.
This contract will not affect EMS services in the Pulaski County portion of Alexander. That area will still be served by MEMS.
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