Douglas County commissioners last week extended for five years contracts with five ambulance companies to respond to medical emergencies throughout Douglas County. The extensions allow the providers — Douglas County Fire District No. 2, Winston-Dillard Fire District, Lower Umpqua Hospital EMS, North Douglas Fire & EMS and Glendale Ambulance District — to continue offering service without submitting new proposals to the county, the county’s Health Department director, Peggy Madison, told commissioners. The ambulance services finish the first five years of the agreement next week. Commissioners had the option of renewing the contracts for another five years, but new proposals will …