I am so far out in the country that if there is a life threatening emergency,they send a helicopter. I heard sirens,and fire engines going down the road that I live on Monday night. It turned out that there was a single car accident down my road,and I heard the helicopter fly in. It takes about a half an hour driving,to 45 minutes depending on the traffic to get to the closest hospital. You cannot drive to fast also because there are allot of dear crossing the roads out here. They cause most of the accidents. Some people don't have a half an hour,to 45 minutes. It takes some time for the emergency crews to arrive at the scene of a accident also. BF