Lake Waccamaw EMS

The back of a Lake Waccamaw EMS vehicle in 2021.

Current and former Lake Waccamaw EMS chiefs and an assistant chief pleaded with the Columbus County Board of Commissioners Monday night to reconsider its Aug. 1 decision to terminate the service contract between the two parties.

“People in the community depend on us, and we depend on them,” Interim Chief Heather Sasser told the commissioners during the public comments portion of the meeting. “Taking this away from us is wrong.”

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