Tenby Town Council have given their support to a campaign to establish a 24-hour ambulance station in Whitland.
In a letter before the town council on Tuesday night, Mr. Llyr Hughes-Griffiths, on behalf of the campaign, claimed that a lack of 24-hour cover in Whitland affected the ambulance service throughout the whole of West Wales.
The Whitland station covered parts of Carmarthenshire, Pembrokeshire and South Ceredigion, but was only staffed during the daytime.
A stand-by service operated between midnight and 8 am.
"As a result, night-time calls for Whitland's ambulance will initially mean a call-out for an ambulance from another station, for example Tenby," Mr. Hughes-Griffiths wrote.
While this ambulance was starting its journey, the Whitland staff would be called out of bed and make their way to the ambulance station.
Once the Whitland ambulance was mobile, the other ambulance would be stood down.
"But what happens if a call comes into Tenby when that ambulance is heading towards Whitland?" Mr. Hughes-Griffiths asked. "This station only has one ambulance on duty at night.
"As a result, an ambulance from yet another station has to be called out to cover them, and so on.
"This causes a domino effect of ambulances chasing each other around the county, and all because Whitland is not a 24-hour station," the letter claimed.
"The current situation of responding to emergency calls between midnight and 8 am in West Wales is wholly unacceptable and, indeed, quite farcical," Mr. Hughes-Griffiths added, asking if Tenby Town Council could send a letter of support for the campaign.
Clr. Mrs. Kerri Durham pointed out that she had experienced a similar situation when she required an ambulance during the night recently, with an ambulance having to be sent from Haverfordwest as the Tenby ambulance was dealing with an incident in the east of the county.
Members agreed to send a letter offering their "whole-hearted support."