{"id":29533,"date":"2026-03-30T09:12:06","date_gmt":"2026-03-30T13:12:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/?post_type=press-releases&#038;p=29533"},"modified":"2026-03-30T09:12:08","modified_gmt":"2026-03-30T13:12:08","slug":"sen-ossoff-expanding-access-to-emergency-care-in-valdosta","status":"publish","type":"press-releases","link":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/es\/press-releases\/sen-ossoff-expanding-access-to-emergency-care-in-valdosta\/","title":{"rendered":"Sen. Ossoff Expanding Access to\u00a0Emergency Care in\u00a0Valdosta\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Valdosta, Ga.&nbsp;<\/strong>\u2014 U.S. Senator Jon Ossoff is strengthening emergency care for families in&nbsp;Valdosta.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sen. Ossoff brought Republicans and Democrats together to help the City of&nbsp;Valdosta&nbsp;purchase&nbsp;a fully equipped quick-response vehicle for the&nbsp;Valdosta&nbsp;Fire Department.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to local leaders, the&nbsp;Valdosta&nbsp;Fire Department received a Medical First Responder license in 2022 from the Georgia Office of EMS, allowing their personnel to align with emergency medical care in conjunction with South Georgia Medical Center EMS. The quick-response vehicle will help their emergency personnel respond to medical emergencies and to provide emergency care.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sen. Ossoff is delivering $328,000 for the project through bipartisan government funding legislation that became law on February 3.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThere\u2019s no worse nightmare for any family than having a loved one who\u2019s sick, but&nbsp;who&nbsp;cannot get the health care they need,\u201d&nbsp;<strong>Sen. Ossoff said.<\/strong>&nbsp;\u201cThat\u2019s why I brought Republicans and Democrats together to&nbsp;help strengthen&nbsp;emergency response services for families in&nbsp;Valdosta.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cResponse times&nbsp;can be the difference between life and death for someone experiencing a medical emergency.&nbsp;The City of&nbsp;Valdosta&nbsp;thanks Senator Ossoff for delivering Federal funding for the&nbsp;City&nbsp;to&nbsp;purchase&nbsp;a quick-response&nbsp;vehicle. This new tool&nbsp;will allow emergency medical&nbsp;response teams to get to medical emergencies&nbsp;sooner&nbsp;and help improve outcomes,\u201d<strong>&nbsp;said&nbsp;Valdosta&nbsp;Mayor Scott James Matheson.<\/strong>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"># # #&nbsp;<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Valdosta, Ga.&nbsp;\u2014 U.S. Senator Jon Ossoff is strengthening emergency care for families in&nbsp;Valdosta.&nbsp; Sen. Ossoff brought Republicans and Democrats together to help the City of&nbsp;Valdosta&nbsp;purchase&nbsp;a fully equipped quick-response vehicle for the&nbsp;Valdosta&nbsp;Fire Department.&nbsp;&nbsp; According to local leaders, the&nbsp;Valdosta&nbsp;Fire Department received a Medical First Responder license in 2022 from the Georgia Office of EMS, allowing their personnel [&hellip;]<\/p>","protected":false},"author":57,"featured_media":0,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-29533","press-releases","type-press-releases","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/press_releases\/29533","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/press_releases"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/press-releases"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/57"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/press_releases\/29533\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":29534,"href":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/press_releases\/29533\/revisions\/29534"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=29533"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=29533"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=29533"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}