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In certain rural villages in the Central America country of Honduras resident often must walk for miles in the hot sun to get required medical care. Their trip is just got a little easier thanks to the efforts of St. Joseph Catholic Church and Cobb County's local ambulance provider MetroAtlanta Ambulance Service. MetroAtlanta Ambulance President…

Local Cobb County State Representative's Steve Tumlin and Matt Dollar sponsored legislation creating a prestige license plate for Georgia's EMTs and Paramedics. The plates, which will be available in January 2006 to licensed Emergency Medical Technicians and Paramedics, will display the EMS star of life symbol, the recognized symbol of emergency medical services throughout the…

On May 8, 2004, Paramedic Rich Palmer responded to the scene of a severe motor vehicle accident where two vehicles crashed head on at Bell Ferry Road and Hawkins Store Road. Upon arrival Paramedic Palmer found an 8-year-old female child lying in the floorboard in the rear of one of the cars. The child was…

When FEMA decided to evacuate residents of Louisiana and Texas into Dobbins Air Reserve Base in Marietta, Georgia, Metro Atlanta Ambulance, with the support and cooperation of a number of local area EMS agencies, served a key role in moving over two thousand displaced citizens from Dobbins ARB to local area hospitals, nursing homes and…

Metro Atlanta Ambulance President & CEO Pete Quinones will serve on the Board of Directors for the "Friends of the Strand". The Strand Theatre, a noted landmark on the historic Marietta Square in Cobb County, got its start as a major motion picture house in 1935. The Strand provided movie entertainment to thousands of people…

Metro Atlanta Ambulance Service was recognized as one of Cobb County's top 5 small businesses of the year at the Cobb Chamber's monthly breakfast on June 6, 2005. After the awards, Metro Atlanta's President Pete Quinones stated, "It's a great honor to be named in the top 5 small businesses in Cobb County for a…

The Local Race of the All American Soap Box Derby was held Saturday, June 4, 2005 and for Heidi Seabaugh and Kyle Partello both sponsored by Metro Atlanta Ambulance, it came down to a matter of seconds. The Kiwanis Club of Marietta hosted the local race of the All American Soap Box Derby in the…

Cobb Chamber Officials Tap Metro Atlanta Ambulance Vice President Devan Seabaugh to Chair the 2005 Tribute to Public Safety Breakfast. In 2004, more than 600 people attended the breakfast which recognizes the unselfish sacrifices and dedicated service of all Cobb County's Public Safety Officers, Fire Fighters, EMT's and Paramedics. The event will be held on…

MetroAtlanta Paramedics Rich Palmer, Joe Simcox, Ronnie Delong and Mitch Partello were among many Cobb County public safety/health agency personnel recognized at the Region III EMS Award Banquet on March 2, 2005. Paramedics Palmer, Simcox and Delong were recognized for Excellence in Pediatric Care and MetroAtlanta Paramedic and Field Operations Supervisor Mitch Partello was recognized…