LAKEPORT, Calif. – Beginning in October, the Lakeport Fire Protection District will join REACH Air Medical Services and CALSTAR in offering ground and air ambulance membership packages. 

The memberships will cover out-of-pocket expenses, which can be hundreds of dollars for ground transports and thousands of dollars for air transportation.

Lakeport Fire Protection District residents can opt to purchase either a ground, air or combined membership to cover the cost, ensuring that the member is covered 100 percent.

Ground memberships are $50 per year, air memberships are $55 per year and combined membership is $105 per year. The membership covers all persons living in a household.

Money raised by the ground ambulance memberships will be used to pay for operational expenses of the fire district’s ambulance service such as supplies and equipment. 

Membership forms will be mailed to all fire district residents in early October, and will be available on the fire district’s Web site at www.lakeportfire.com .