The Marthasville Community Ambulance District will mark its 50th anniversary with a ceremony and open house event at their headquarters located at 200 South One Street in Marthasville on Saturday, Sept. 13 from 1-4 p.m.. 

The formal ceremony will begin at 2 p.m., with the open house running continuously from 1-4 p.m. 

Larry Brewe, chair of the district’s Board of Directors, said the public is welcome and encouraged to attend the event. He added that the Emergency Medical Services profession has changed dramatically over the past 50 years. 

That is, coincidently, the same amount of time Brewe has served on the board of directors. 

He said it is important for the public to be able to see how the District has kept pace. 

“We want our community to come and meet us,” said Jim Sharp, the district’s director of operations. “There’s an adage about people usually seeing us on their worst day, and there is certainly some truth behind that, but we’d like for people to be able to come and see us even when it’s not their worst day.” 

Sharp continued by saying that the public would have the chance to tour an ambulance, see crew members demonstrating skills and techniques and even try their hand at things like CPR, endotracheal intubation, tourniquet placement and more.

“We want you to come out, ask questions, see the equipment and medications we carry, meet our providers; it’s important to us that the people we serve are familiar with us and our level of service,” said Sharp.