For the first time since July, American Medical Response is facing fines for not responding to Knox County emergencies on time.
The fines came in October, and AMR is citing large events, like the dynamite found at CMC Steel – a recycling facility, for the late response times. AMR says they were on the scene for 30 hours.
In October, AMR was late to 281 of the highest priority calls, resulting in more than $92,000 in adjusted fines.
Those fines stem from a new contract with Knox County which penalizes AMR if they don’t make it to calls within a set time frame.
