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Originally Posted by tis
I thought all towns charged for an ambulance ride. I, fortunately, have never ridden in one, but family members have and we have always been charged.
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My source of info: Maybe one to two years ago, Argieswife, who was or is a member of the Alton School Committee mentioned in this forum that she was especially proud of the Town of Alton because it provided
www.altonfire.org no-charge ambulance transport. Probably, this is just for Alton residents, as opposed to an outside visitor that gets into an automobile accident while in Alton, but I do not really know?
No-charge ambulance transport is probably a very uncommon local NH town practice. I know that in Meredith, the
www.stewartsambulance.com will show up and provide medical treatment for free, but once they load you on-board one of their Mercedes Benz-Stewart's ambulances for a trip to the hospital, it will cost you some mega-big-big-bucks if you is un-insured.
So, how does this apply to the islands ........ help....help...help ... probably you is better off waving a canoe paddle around .....and jumping up and down ...... down the end of your dock.....and hitching a freebie ride from some passing motor-boater? For about 60-cents each or 2.40 total, you can get the four 3" high visibility letters H-E-L-P at Walmart and put them on a canoe paddle. You might be very surprised how well that method works for getting help with a capsized sailboat from a passing motorboat!