Rural communities clash with nonprofit over ambulance service

People in and around Darlington want their ambulances back. A group of former emergency medical technicians, or EMTs, went to the board of directors for Rural Medical Wednesday night asking to take over. The group drafted a proposal suggesting the current board give over control of the organization to the EMTs themselves.
“I hope the board is open to our proposal and gives it an honest consideration,” said Jeff Berget, a former driver for the service. The organization has been sort of out of service since April when the majority of the volunteer EMTs quit. The remainder who stuck around were asked to leave, Berget said.
“When you volunteer, you're doing something. You're putting hours and hours of your time in for virtually nothing,” Berget said. “When you're treated poorly there's no reason to stay.”