Butler County EMS has open house

Mon, 10/20/2014 - 6:45am — Diane Dyer

EMS Director Brian McKinney and board members Debbie Worley and Don Sullivan

The Butler County EMS hosted an open house on Thursday, October 16, at their new location on KY 70/ Rochester Road in Morgantown.
“We are very excited about the new facility,” said Brian McKinney, EMS Director. "We have the room we need for training and to accommodate our crews.”

Training/conference room.

Lounge area.
Butler County Dispatch moved to the new facility on April 9, 2014; the rest of the ambulance crew moved in early May. A three-bay garage has been added to the existing building, which served as home to Kellwood Outlet and most recently Pizza Zone. The City of Morgantown leases the building to the Butler County Ambulance Service for $1 per year.

The Butler County EMS has five ambulances, and employs four full-time paramedics, four full-time EMTs, four full-time dispatchers, a director, and administrative assistant, Nancy Cardwell. There are also numerous part-time employees.

Administrative Assistant, Nancy Cardwell
There is a crew on 24/7 from 7:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. Also, a day crew works 8 to 5:00 p.m. Monday through Friday and there is always an on-call crew on standby.
“We (EMS) respond to about 2,200 calls per year,” said McKinney. “In 2013 dispatch received over 15,000 calls.”

Dispatch
Butler County EMS started in 1974 and was funded in part by the county government. Due to the rising costs of operation, Butler County EMS became its own taxing district in 2007 and is governed by a non-paid board consisting of Mark Hood, Don Sullivan, Patrick Daugherty, Bill Sweatt, and Debbie Rose Worley.