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EMS finance work group formed to stabilize providers; county anticipates modest budget shift and revenue gain
Summary
An EMS finance work group is working on options to stabilize volunteer and municipal EMS agencies countywide; the committee learned Greene County’s planned countywide EMS system may put pressure on local staffing, while local EMS projects show a slightly smaller budget overall and forecast $28,000 additional county revenue from 911 transports.
County EMS leaders told the Public Safety Committee on Aug. 19 that a newly formed EMS finance work group will study ways to stabilize local EMS agencies and explore alternative funding approaches as some services statewide have closed or reduced operations. Work group members noted that around 25% of EMS agencies statewide between 2019 and 2023 reduced services or shuttered, and committee…
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