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Q <br />MENT FOR HIS PLANE. MR. ODOM COMMENTED THAT THE STATE REGULATIONS ARE <br />VERY STIFF, AND HE WILL HAVE TO CONVERT TO THESE BEFORE THE STATE WILL <br />LICENSE THEM. ALSO, BEFORE HE CAN GO TO THE STATE, HE MUST HAVE A CERTIFI- <br />CATE OF.NEED FROM THE BOARD. HE STATED THAT HE PLANS TO SERVICE ST. LUCIE, <br />BREVARD AND INDIAN RIVER COUNTIES, AND NOTED THAT HE HAS HAD TWO CALLS <br />FROM OUT-OF-STATE NURSING HOMES TODAY. <br />CHAIRMAN WODTKE INFORMED THE BOARD THAT HE HAS RECEIVED A LETTER <br />ENDORSING AN AIR AMBULANCE SERVICE FROM THE INDIAN RIVER COUNTY VOLUNTEER <br />AMBULANCE SQUAD AS FOLLOWS: <br />ffhAan =Rbmet &Unfy ` -Z ':;'qM9u&az <S-quadl <br />P. o. »„ <br />VG'LO 23caj,�pzcdR 3296o <br />a, <br />September 6, 1977 <br />Mr. William Wodke, Chairman <br />Indian River County Board of <br />County Commissioners <br />County Courthouse <br />Vero Beach, Florida 32960 <br />Dear Mr. Wodke: <br />Inasmuch as there is no certificated air ambulance service in Vero <br />Beach or nearby communities, it would appear to be in the interest <br />of the citizens of this community to have such service available. <br />Such service could be used for rapid evacuation of critically ill <br />patients to hospitals where medical care is available which cannot <br />be provided locally. <br />It has always been the policy of the Indian River County Volunteer <br />Ambulance Squad to co-operate fully with other ambulance services <br />and we would be pleased to work with a certificated ambulance ser- <br />vice in Vero Beach. <br />Cordially <br />WILLIAM A. BENN&TT, JR. <br />Colonel USAF (flet.) <br />President Board of Directors <br />-39 <br />SEP' 11977 <br />BOOK OIL <br />