Q: Why can't I be transported to San Antonio?
A: Zapata County Fire Department has a strict regulation
that mandates the ambulances to go futher than Laredo or Rio Grande City. In other words ZCFD allows patients to be transported
only 50 miles out of the jurisdiction. Doctor's Hospital is still an accepted transporting hospital.
Q: If I'm involved in an accident and I don't want to be transported by the ambulance what do I have
to do?
A: If your involved in an accident and don't want to be transported by ambulance all you have to do
is sign a refusal form that the EMS personnel have. A refusal form is just to keep in file that we went to the patients
aid and the patient refused services. All you do is give the EMS personnel on scene your name, address, phone number, DOB
(date of birth), and a signature.
