Spicewood VFD receives grant for new medical service plan
Alexandria Randolph/The Highlander
PEC Representative Celeste Mikeska, Spicewood VFD Volunteers Patsy Lester and Donna Wall, LCRA Board Director Lori Berger and LCRA Representative Victoria Miller pose with $18,500 in community development funds allotted to the fire department.
by Alexandria Randolph
The Spicewood Volunteer Fire Department and EMS will be moving forward with a new emergency medical service plan with the help of a Pedernales Electric Cooperative and Lower Colorado River Authority grant.
LCRA and PEC representatives met Spicewood Volunteer Firefighters and EMS at the fire hall Tuesday morning to present a check for $18,500 through a Community Development Partnership Program grant.
The department is replacing two ambulances with an emergency response vehicle more suited to the needs the department’s new EMS service plan.
“We are extremely appreciative of the grant that LCRA is awarding Spicewood emergency responders,” said Patsy Lester, Spicewood EMS director. “We are thankful to finally have a vehicle capable of transporting all our necessary equipment that was made possible by this grant.”
For more on the story, see Friday’s Highlander.
