An agreement between Candlewick Lake Board of Trustees and the Capron Rescue Squad Board of Trustees was reached on Tuesday, 19 August 2014 to proceed with building an EMS station within Candlewick Lake. The new building will be capable of housing 2 Advanced Life Support Ambulances and their crews. This will be the first building in Capron Rescue history that was built for the sole purpose of housing an EMS detachment. Once the final documents are approved and signed by each Board, construction on the facility will begin. The goal is to be running calls from the new station before the end of the year
The reason behind this expansion is a continuation of the planning by the Operations Staff and Board of Trustees at Capron Rescue to have crews and ALS ambulances stationed with 4 minutes of 70% of our residents. The addition of this station will provide decreased response times to the residents in Candlewick Lake, Timberlane and the southwest section of the District.
The Board of both Candlewick Lake and Capron Rescue are to be commended for the many hours of hard work and an unrelenting focus on bringing an increased level of EMS services to the southwest section of the Capron Rescue Squad District. We are excited by this and are looking forward to increasing our level of service to our community. As your EMS provider for North Boone County we will continue to look for ways to make sure we are there when you need us.