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Because the ambulance companies aren’t based locally, they say they aren’t familiar with the areas.

JASPER, Texas — When lives are at risk, emergency services response times for ambulances are critical, especially in rural areas.

Slow response times or sometimes no response at all have become an ongoing crisis in both Jasper and Newton Counties.

Not having an ambulance provider under contract to keep an ambulance available in a rural county can be the difference between life or death…