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Metro Atlanta Ambulance Donates $15,500 to the Cobb Police K9 Unit
K9 Chase was a Belgian Malinois born in Hungary on August 13, 2018. He began his career with the department in April 2020 with Officer Neill. K9 Chase had served with the Cobb County Police Department for over three years. As a K9 trained for narcotics detection and criminal apprehension, K9 Chase seized thousands of…
Read MoreMetro Atlanta Ambulance Service President and CEO, Pete Quinones to Serve as Chairman of the Highland Rivers Behavioral Health Governing Board of Directors
Metro Atlanta Ambulance Service President and CEO Pete Quinones to serve as Chairman of the Highland Rivers Behavioral Health Governing Board of Directors for fiscal 2024. Mr. Quinones, a member of the Cobb-Douglas Board of Public Health and Cobb Community Services Board, joined the Highland Rivers Governing Board when the Cobb County Community Services…
Read MoreLieutenant Governor of Georgia Appoints Pete Quinones to the Georgia Trauma Commission
Pete Quinones, Owner & Chief Executive Officer of MetroAtlanta Ambulance Service has been appointed to serve on the Georgia Trauma Commission. Mr. Quinones has over 37 years of management experience in the emergency medical service industry. He holds a Master’s in Business Administration from the Georgia Institute of Technology. As the CEO, Mr. Quinones…
Read MoreMetro Atlanta Ambulance Donates to Cobb Public Safety Foundation to Fund Mental Health Services Program
MetroAtlanta Ambulance Service donated $16,000 that will be utilized to initiate a mental health program for public safety workers in Cobb County. Company officials recognized the need for more immediate mental health services for the men and women in Cobb Public Safety and today donated the initial the funds that will make these service available.…
Read MoreMetroAtlanta Ambulance Recognized at Cobb Chamber’s 79th Annual Meeting
The MDJ Citizen of the Year award went to Cobb County’s frontline health workers at the Cobb Chamber’s 79th annual meeting Monday. The announcement breaks with tradition by naming a group of “Citizens of the Year,” rather than honoring an individual. Frontline workers from Metro Atlanta Ambulance, Wellstar Health Systems, Cobb and Douglas Public Health,…
Read MoreGeorgia First Responders Save 29-Year Old Cardiac Arrest Victim
FOX 5 NEWS By Beth Galvin, FOX Medical Team PAULDING COUNTY, Ga. (FOX 5 Atlanta) – The 911 call came in December 9, 2018, a Sunday night. Daniel Sherrod, a 29-year-old beer distributor, had collapsed at his Paulding County home. He recalls nothing about that night or the week that followed. "I remember asking my mom…
Read MoreRestart of Patient’s Heart Earns Paulding Emergency Medical Workers Regional Award
West Georgia Neighbor By Tom Spigolon @TSpigolonNBR Two Paulding emergency medical responders’ successful efforts to revive a cardiac arrest patient whose heart had stopped earned them honors during a recent awards banquet. They were in a group honored for outstanding service to their communities at the 40th annual Northwest Georgia Region 1 Emergency Medical Services…
Read MoreMetroAtlanta Ambulance Service Transforms First Responder Communications with FirstNet
New Technologies Expand Our Capabilities to Better Serve Patients ATLANTA, Nov. 9, 2018 — MetroAtlanta Ambulance Service (MAAS) has implemented a technology upgrade with FirstNet – a groundbreaking new communications platform developed just for public safety. FirstNet is the nationwide communications platform dedicated to America’s public safety – available when and where we need it.…
Read MorePrivate Ambulance Service Taking Over Bartow EMS
Effective Oct. 1, MetroAtlanta Ambulance Service will begin operating in Bartow County. By Kristal Dixon, Patch Staff CARTERSVILLE, GA — Bartow County is days away from its transition to team up with a private company to provide ambulance services to citizens in its jurisdiction. Effective Monday, Oct.1, MetroAtlanta Ambulance Service will take over this role…
Read MoreMetro Atlanta Ambulance Service Transition Takes Effect Oct. 1
The Daily Tribune News Cartersville, GA Posted Thursday, September 6, 2018 BY JAMES SWIFT When MetroAtlanta Ambulance Service officially takes over emergency medical services in Bartow County next month, many of the faces will be familiar. "All Bartow [EMS] employees were offered a job, and about 75 percent of those that applied are coming over," said MetroAtlanta Vice President…
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