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Cole County approves EMT clinical agreement with Lincoln University and will join public-safety explorer post
Summary
On Oct. 14, 2025, the Cole County Commission approved an MOU allowing Lincoln University EMT students to perform clinicals on county ambulances and voted to participate in a regional public-safety explorer post hosted by Lincoln University; both items were presented as having no direct cost beyond staff time.
The Cole County Commission on Tuesday, Oct. 14, 2025, approved a memorandum of understanding that allows Lincoln University EMT students to perform clinical rotations on county ambulances and voted to participate in a regional public-safety explorer post hosted by Lincoln University.
The agreements were presented during the commission's open session by an EMS representative (unnamed). The EMS representative said the clinical MOU "allows their EMT students to perform clinicals on our ambulance" and that it would impose "no cost to us. No changes in anything that we're doing." The commission moved and voted to approve and sign the EMT clinical agreement.
The same EMS representative described the explorer post as a joint recruiting and training program for people aged 14 to 21 that would involve police, fire, EMS and emergency management. The representative said Lincoln University agreed to serve…
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