By Alexandria Randolph
Highland Lakes Newspapers
Marble Falls Area EMS celebrated its 40th anniversary on Saturday with new faces and old stories.
Friends and community members gathered at the Marble Falls Area EMS station on Saturday to celebrate 40 years of history as a first response organization.
In 1976 the department was an all-volunteer organization.
“Our first ambulance – we had it in front of the house for a long time,” said Carol Nunnally Davis Ratliff. “Our first ambulance we got through a CAPCOG (Capital Area Council of Governments) grant.”
Ratliff is one of the original founders of MFAEMS. She has been involved in the department in some sort or fashion since its early years.
“Before our ambulance, we rode with the patient in a funeral home vehicle to the hospital,” she said.
