Specialized teams offer skilled emergency care COMMUNITY

North Memorial Ambulance Service

Headquartered in Brooklyn Park, Minn., North Memorial Ambulance Services covers eight ambulance regions across Minnesota and western Wisconsin, including Hubbard County. Licensed to provide every level of care, they are accredited by the Commission on Accreditation of Ambulance Services, the gold standard in the industry. The Park Rapids office is located at 302 Hatch Ave. and can be reached at 218-732-5255 or 218-732-5978.

HUBBARD FIRST RESPONSE & RESCUE

Hubbard First Response & Rescue’s mission is to provide emergency care to victims of sudden illness or injury on a 24-hour basis.

The team comprises volunteer members who respond to dispatched 911 calls from the Hubbard County Sheriff’s Office and provide care at the emergency medical responder level or higher. They also provide volunteer emergency medical service for local community events, as requested.

Their coverage area includes the Hubbard County townships of Todd, Straight River, Hubbard, Crow Wing, Henrietta, Clay, Lake Emma, Arago, Mantrap, Badoura, Clover, Savannah and Two Inlets. Mutual aid is provided to other townships and Becker County, as needed. More information at https://hubbardfirstresponse.org.

Lakes Area Dive Team

Founded in 2001, the Lakes Area Dive Team is a nonprofit, volunteer public safety dive team. They provide emergency dive rescue and recovery services to Hubbard, Cass and Beltrami counties. They also perform evidence search for law enforcement or aquatic invasive species search and identification, when requested.

The 20-plus members of the Lakes Area Dive Team are certified in advanced levels of scuba diving as well as search, recovery, CPR, evidence recovery and First Aid.

More information on the Lakes Area Dive Team’s Facebook page or by calling 507-269-1924.