PICKENS COUNTY, Ala. (WCBI) – After a brief bright spot, there is once again a cloud over Emergency Medical Care in Pickens County. In a matter of weeks, they could go from having one 24-hour ...
According to Chase Ackerman, director of First Branch Ambulance, the service’s first “ambulance” in 1984 was a repurposed hearse. The crew then was made up of 10 local volunteers. Forty years later, ...