“Graham County Emergency Medical Services has served the citizens of Graham County since the early 1970s. Initially, with basic EMTs. In 1987, Graham County started its Advanced Life Support program with the EMT-Intermediate and EMT-Advanced Intermediate levels. Finally, in 1992 Graham County established the first EMT-Paramedic program in North Carolina west of Haywood County. This was accomplished through many long hours of training that our original paramedics volunteered to do. We owe a very special thank you to William (Skip) Myers for the training we received. If Skip had not driven from Asheville, at the time, there would not have been a Paramedic Program in Graham County.” – Troy Grindstaff (2/2024)