Clark County Ambulance Service Hit Level Zero 28 Times in April

Clark County Board Regular Meeting | May 15, 2026

Article Summary: The Clark County Ambulance Service was left with no ambulance available at least 28 times during April, its director told the Clark County Board on May 15, 2026, and response times continue to run above the national average.

Ambulance Service Report Key Points:

• CCAS Director Chace Bramlett described April as a very busy month and said the service was at “level zero” — meaning no ambulance available — at least 28 times.
• Response times continue to be higher than the national average.
• The Secretary of State sent the tag required for the service’s new ambulance, leaving the county with three ambulances plus three reserves.
• The report came under Committee Reports. No motion was made and no vote was taken.

CLARK COUNTY — The Clark County Ambulance Service had no ambulance available at least 28 times during April, Director Chace Bramlett told the Clark County Board on Friday, May 15, 2026, at the board’s regular meeting at the Clark County Courthouse in Marshall.

Bramlett, appearing under the board’s Committee Reports item, said April had been a very busy month for the service. The minutes record his report that the ambulance service was at level zero at least 28 times during the month — a condition the minutes define as no ambulance being available — and that response times continue to be higher than the national average.

Bramlett also reported a piece of good news for the fleet. The Secretary of State sent the tag required for the service’s new ambulance, he said, and the county now has three ambulances plus three reserve ambulances in service.

What the record does not say

The minutes do not record how many calls the service ran in April, what its response times were, what the national average is that Bramlett measured against, or how long the service was at level zero on each of the 28 occasions. Nor do they record any questions from board members, any discussion of causes, or any direction to staff. No motion was made on the report and no vote was taken; under the board’s standing agenda, Committee Reports is a receiving item at No. 15, ahead of the bills and mileage approvals that close the meeting.

The county’s relationship to the ambulance service is likewise not described in the meeting record. Bramlett is identified in the minutes as CCAS Director and appears on the attendance line, as does Mike Bridges of CCAS, but the minutes do not state how the service is governed, funded, or staffed, and no ambulance service report is attached to the materials released for the meeting.

That report — the monthly CCAS report Bramlett briefed from — is the document that would fill in the call volumes, the response-time figures and the duration of the level-zero periods. It has not been obtained.