New Ambulance Service Approved For Peters Twp.

January 27, 2026 2:52 am

For the first time since 1963, Peters Township residents will have ambulance service from someone that is not VFW Post 764. In 2025, the VFW Ambulance Service notified the township that it is no longer able to provide service. That left the township with two options, absorb the current service into its realm of services or contract with an outside provider. Cost and staffing prevented the township from absorbing the service. Council awarded a five year contract to AHN Canonsburg to provide ambulance service. In December council directed staff to negotiate with UPMC Ambulance and Chair and AHN Canonsburg. According to Township Manager Paul Lauer, the decision tilted on contract terms. AHN Canonsburg said that they would provide two staffed ambulances, seven days a week 24 hours a day for the duration of the contract. UPMC Ambulance and Chair said they would provide the same for six months and then review the contract going forward. A second condition was positioning of ambulances. If both ambulances were out on calls, Ambulance and Chair said they would strive to position a third ambulance in the township. AHN Canonsburg said that they shall post a third ambulance in the township. The vote to approve AHN Canonsburg was 6-1 with councilman Gary Stiegel voting against. He is concerned that AHN seems to be losing customer areas and Ambulance and Chair is gaining customer areas. He says that maybe the township is missing something that the other municipalities are seeing. AHN Canonsburg will begin servicing Peters Township effective April 20, 2026.