WEST HANCOCK AMBULANCE SERVICE (WHAS)WAS FOUNDED IN 1976 BY A SMALL GROUP OF DEDICATED INDIVIDUALS INTENT ON PROVIDING EMERGENCY MEDICAL CARE TO THE RESIDENTS OF HANCOCK COUNTY. WHAS IS AN EMT-PARAMEDIC SERVICE PROVIDING QUALITY PRE-HOSPITAL EMERGENCY MEDICAL CARE AND TRANSPORTATION TO THE WEST HALF OF HANCOCK COUNTY IN RURAL, NORTH CENTRAL IOWA.