PICKENS COUNTY, Ala. (WCBI) – In March of 2025, the Pickens County Commission decided they had to start their own ambulance service.

They partnered with the Lamar County Management Team for the Lamar County Ambulance and were granted an emergency license to assist Pickens County.

Pickens County Commissioner Patti Fuller said this hasn’t been an easy process.

On August 14, the county announced that it had acquired a second brand-new ambulance.

The first ambulance service is housed in Carrollton, and the second ambulance service will be housed in the Aliceville National Guard Armory.

Both are staffed at the paramedic level and are 24-hour services.

Fuller said they would eventually like to have a 3rd Ambulance drop-off spot in the northern part of the county.

This was made possible th

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