Ambulance service receives $400,000 grant to train EMTs

Tripp County Ambulance Service is a recipient of part of $10 million in grants from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) to recruit and train emergency medical services personnel in rural South Dakota.The funds will be used to train 294 new emergency medical technicians (EMTs) over the next two years, as well as support 340 current EMTs to maintain licen...