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Bastrop | Cedar Creek

When minutes matter: Bastrop’s new EMS district partners with Acadian to improve response time, patient care

By Amanda Cutshall

Bastrop County ambulance response times are expected to improve under new Emergency Services District No. 3 reforms, including more units, population-based response metrics and plans for a central EMS station.

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