Ripon fast food outlets introduce priority for on duty emergency services after Facebook post goes viral

Ripon McDonald's and Big Bites have already backed Gail's campaign.

Emergency services staff on duty will be fast tracked at the Ripon McDonald's and an independent sandwich shop in the city, thanks to a Knaresborough woman whose Facebook post went viral.

Gail Carpenter, 51, took to social media on Monday night to share her frustration after she saw a paramedic abandon her place in a long queue at Ripon McDonald’s when her pager went off.

Emergency services staff on duty will be fast tracked at the Ripon McDonald's and an independent sandwich shop in the city, thanks to a Knaresborough woman whose Facebook post went viral.

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