Overview
Region 2 is in the uppermost northeastern corner of Georgia. Its thirteen counties stretch from the mountains of Union County in the north to Forsyth County at the edges of Atlanta and from Dawson County in the east to Hart County at the edge of South Carolina. Like many of the EMS Regions, its counties are strikingly diverse. Many of its northern counties are covered with parks, forests or preserves compared with the more southern counties that are full of "bedroom communities" for Atlanta and are covered with urban development areas.
Operating Highlights
Region 2 serves the 529,598 people in the 3,516 total square mile area with 21 licensed ambulance services and 108 vehicles. It has 10 general hospitals and has 1,046 licensed medics living inside its borders. Region 2 does not have a designated Trauma Center.
In addition to all of the challenges in providing the best possible care with existing resources, Region 2 faces difficult mountainous terrain in the north and traffic congestion in the south. The contrast goes beyond geographic challenges to the exploding population in Forsyth, Dawson and White compared with limited growth in Hart and Towns counties.
From 2000 to 2004 there have been 83,055 motor vehicle crashes resulting in 35,686 injuries and 605 fatalities in Region 2. It also has one of the highest ratios of persons per physicians in Georgia.
