Kingsley EMS crews and firefighters have a new place to call home.
And, it's all because the late Francis and Annola Schweitzberger left them their farm.
"It was willed to the fire and ambulance service in Kingsley," Fire Chief Brandon Sitzmann told KTIV.
The couple wrote that the fire department would receive the proceeds from the sale of the farm. And that's just what happened.
Kingsley Ambulance Chief Bobbi Hirschman told reporters: "In our old building, we couldn’t even open all of the doors on our ambulance on the sides all the way without running into something else."
The 51 volunteers are very proud of their new station and showed it off recently.
Susan Nicol is the news editor for Firehouse.com. She is a life member and active with the Brunswick Volunteer Ambulance & Rescue Company, Oxford Fire Company and Brunswick Vol. Fire Co. Susie has been an EMT in Maryland since 1976. Susie is vice-president of the Frederick County Fire/Rescue Museum. She is on the executive committee of Frederick County Volunteer Fire and Rescue Association. She also is part of the Maryland Institute for Emergency Medical Services Systems (MIEMSS) Region II EMS Council. Susie is a board member of the American Trauma Society, Maryland Division. Prior to joining the Firehouse team, she was a staff writer for The Frederick News-Post, covering fire, law enforcement, court and legislative issues.
