My best guess for the future is that fire departments will still have money (because people live out in the woods) and they’ll provide wildly subpar service because that’s all they’ll be able to afford, and people with heart attacks etc. will die because the response time takes so long 14/
There are dynamics re: population, tax levels, provider availability etc. that hurt EMS in any rural community but I wonder if in a place like Stevens County, this is a big part of the mix. Some locals don't want stuff to work if doing so would require outside help /end bsky.app/profile/dani...