Sep 18 2009
Rural/Metro Corporation (NASDAQ: RURL), a leading national provider of ambulance and private fire protection services, has been awarded a new long-term contract to continue providing exclusive emergency ambulance services to the City of Youngstown, Ohio.
The four-year contract term began Sept. 1, 2009, following a unanimous vote of the Youngstown Board of Control. The contract is expected to generate approximately $3.8 million in net revenue annually.
Jack Brucker, President and Chief Executive Officer, said, "We are very pleased to continue serving the City of Youngstown as their trusted provider of emergency ambulance care. The Youngstown market is a central hub of operations for us in northeastern Ohio, which provides opportunities to further leverage our resources in the region."
Todd Walker, Group President, added, "We are committed to providing top-quality clinical care and response time reliability to the citizens of Youngstown and look forward to fulfilling this key role in the city's emergency response system for many years to come. Our employees live and work in this community, and we are proud to contribute to the health and safety of Youngstown and its surrounding areas."
Rural/Metro provides emergency and non-emergency ambulance transportation services in the communities of Youngstown, Boardman Township, and Poland Township in Mahoning County. The Company employs 70 ambulance professionals in the area who provide more than 12,000 emergency and non-emergency medical transports annually.