Over the past decade, the amount of people needing emergency medical services in the Moab area has doubled. People need medical attention in the backcountry, on the highway and downtown. And as the need for emergency medicine grows, so have the needs of Grand County's local service. Today on the news, a tour through the brand new EMS facility. Plus, drought conditions fueling the spread of bark beetles aren’t easy to address. 

// Show Notes

// Photo: The ambulance bays at Grand County EMS’ new facility. The building coalesces EMS’ needs into one building, which those close to the department say is beneficial for efficiency and culture.

// GCEMS Director Andy Smith on This Week in Moab

https://www.kzmu.org/moab-city-streetlights-grand-county-ems/

// Grand County EMS

https://www.grandcountyems.net/

// The Times-Independent (12/16/21): New EMS building is ‘substantially completed’

https://www.moabtimes.com/articles/new-ems-building-is-substantially-completed/

// KSJD: Fueled by drought, a beetle that kills pinyon pines is expanding into new areas of Southwest Colorado

https://www.ksjd.org/podcast/ksjd-local-newscasts/2022-05-13/fueled-by-drought-a-beetle-that-kills-pinyon-pines-is-expanding-into-new-areas-of-southwest-colorado