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Commission creates Fire & EMS advisory committee, names chiefs and trustees to launch work
Summary
Cumberland County commissioners established a Fire & EMS advisory committee to guide the county’s fire‑EMS coordinator and approved appointments of fire chiefs and trustees to advisory roles. Commissioners said the committee will help towns coordinate training, mutual aid, purchasing and compliance with evolving standards.
Cumberland County commissioners voted unanimously to establish a Fire & EMS advisory committee to support the county’s recently hired fire‑EMS coordinator and to help towns coordinate hiring, training, mutual aid, equipment purchasing and compliance with new standards.
The item’s sponsor described the advisory committee as a body that will “aid and guide the fire EMS coordinator… to work with each of the 28 towns’ fire departments,” and noted the committee would make recommendations to the commissioners, who retain final authority. Commissioners said the…
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