<div>SHERMAN, Texas (KTEN) — At Monday night’s City Council meeting in Sherman, council members approved the addition of a new emergency medical services provider."One of the things we do to supplement the EMS services in Sherman is we have private individual companies that come in and sign contracts with us to do non-emergency transports," explained Sherman Fire Chief Billy Hartsfield.The Sherman Fire Department provides EMS services to the city, along with other non-emergency response providers."Currently, there are about four or five other companies that operate in Sherman doing the same thing," Hartsfield said.Southern Paramedic Service, Inc. was approved to operate in the city in order to help with an existing shortage. It will respond to non-emergency services, such as calls from nursing homes."Because they’re here and they transport those non-emergency calls, that allows our ambulances to be available for heart attacks, car wrecks, and other major issues," Hartsfield said.Now, the state will approve an operating license."I can see them getting licensed in the state within the month," the fire chief said.But before EMS arrives at these incidents, oftentimes police are the first on the scene and are sometimes tasked with saving people’s lives."When EMS said, ‘Hey, can you help us?’ I didn’t hesitate; I just did what I needed to do," said Sherman Police Officer Tyler Carroll.Also at Monday night’s meeting, Officer Tyler Carroll, Officer Paul Yarwood, and Sergeant Ian Oden were presented with lifesaving awards."Especially when a life is involved, the most precious thing, you just do what you're asked to do; you don’t worry about yourself and you try to help whoever is in need," Carroll said.</div>

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SHERMAN, Texas (KTEN) — At Monday night’s City Council meeting in Sherman, council members approved the addition of a new emergency medical services provider. "One of the things we do to supplement the EMS services in Sherman is we have private individual companies that come in and sign contracts with us to do non-emergency transports," explained Sherman Fire Chief Billy Hartsfield.

Sherman council approves additional EMS services

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SHERMAN, Texas (KTEN) — At Monday night’s City Council meeting in Sherman, council members approved the addition of a new emergency medical services provid

Sherman council approves additional EMS services

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