Five years after first considering a new site for the Emergency Medical Services (EMS) staff and ambulances, Dawson County Hospital District (DCHD) board members finally put that $2.8 million plan into action during a special meeting last Thursday. When the district took over EMS operations from the county seven years ago, the deal came with the use of the building being used by the county for its ambulance operations. That aging building does not meet the current needs, according to hospital officials. It does not have a decontamination area where staff can get clean after caring for contagious patients. It also lacks ...