Clark County Could Get New Ambulance by January 2027, Board Told

Clark County Board | June 18, 2026

Article Summary: The Clark County Board heard June 18 that an opportunity exists to have a new ambulance built and delivered by January 2027, and that 649 cell customers have signed up for the county’s new Hyper Reach weather alert service, with all landlines enrolled automatically.

Emergency Services Report Key Points:

Director Bramlett updated the board on the past month’s calls and response times; no figures appear in the record.

An opportunity exists for a new ambulance to be built and received by January 2027.

The county has signed on to Hyper Reach, which sends weather alerts for the local area.

Clark County currently has 649 cell customers signed up; all landlines were enrolled automatically.

CLARK COUNTY — The Clark County Board on Thursday, June 18, 2026, heard that the county’s ambulance service has an opportunity to have a new ambulance built and received by January 2027, and that a weather alert system the county has joined now reaches 649 signed-up cell customers along with every landline in the county.

Committee reports were moved up to the front of the agenda at the June 18 meeting to allow Director Bramlett and Mike Bridges to leave early if needed. Both are listed in the minutes’ attendance record as being with CCAS, an acronym the minutes do not expand.

Bramlett updated the board on the last month’s calls and response time. The minutes do not record the figures he presented, and no written report was included in the meeting materials.

On equipment, the minutes record that there was an opportunity for a new ambulance to be built and received by January 2027. The record does not state a purchase price, a funding source, a manufacturer or whether any board action will be required to proceed — and no motion was made on the subject at the June 18 meeting.

Weather Alerts and Signups

Bramlett also promoted the Hyper Reach program that the county has signed on to. The program sends out a warning for weather alerts in the local area, according to the minutes.

Clark County currently has 649 cell customers signed up for the service, the minutes state, and all landlines were signed up automatically. The record does not state when the county joined the program, what it costs, how residents sign up a mobile number, or whether the 649 figure counts individual residents or phone numbers.

The relevance of a working alert system was underscored earlier in the meeting. Board Member Brandon Burkybile commended first responders and township crews for their clean-up efforts following a storm the previous night. The minutes do not describe the storm’s severity, the areas affected or any damage, and they do not indicate whether the alert system was used.