Hiawassee, Young Harris, Tate City
KEN NICHOLSON, DIRECTOR
TELEPHONE: 706-896-6254
Towns County EMS has two stations.
EMS East located:
1505 State Highway 76
Hiawassee, GA
Telephone: 706-435-0509
Fax: 706-435-0510
EMS West located:
1400 Jack Dayton Circle
Young Harris, Ga.
Telephone: 706-896-6254
706-896-1069
Towns County EMS runs approximately 2,000 calls per year providing coverage for the county and also transfers for Chatuge Regional Hospital.
The Staff is composed of EMT’s and Paramedics. Staffing consist of one ambulance staffed at each station, and supervisor vehicle at the West station. Each station has an extra ambulance fully equipped and ready to respond if needed making a total of four ambulances. An all-terrain vehicle is available for off road response and rescue. Also, a multi-casualty trailer capable of treating and stabilizing 75 trauma patients is available as well as a shelter trailer capable of equipping a 50 person shelter.