Bringing order to chaos: EMS volunteers respond in times of need

When their pagers tone, the Colfax Emergency Medical Service volunteers head to the fire hall, no matter what time of day or night. They are on duty 24/7.

Standing next to one of the emergency vehicles in the Colfax Fire Hall are EMS volunteers from left to right, Milt Groom, former Chief Jim Krouse (seated inside the rig), Justin Williams, Lt. Tim Tingley and Fire Chief of Colfax Volunteer Firemen Clark Capwell.

Valerie Wall, who moved to Colfax in 2001 and lives in a nine-apartment complex with other senior citizens, said that whenever she’s called them for an emergency, the EMS volunteers c...