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West Hartford seeks permission to add three non-transport paramedic vehicles to reserve fleet

3625792 · May 6, 2025
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Summary

At a public hearing, the West Hartford Fire Department requested authorization to operate three additional non-transport paramedic vehicles as reserves to cover maintenance and special events; the regional council recommended approval and the hearing officer closed the record pending a memorandum of decision.

The West Hartford Fire Department asked a state hearing officer on April 3, 2025, to approve an application to operate three additional non-transport paramedic vehicles as reserve units to cover scheduled maintenance, repairs and special-event staffing.

The request matters because the vehicles would be added to the town’s existing advanced life-support (ALS) fire-based emergency medical service fleet and are intended to ensure continuity of 9-1-1 ALS coverage during repairs or other out-of-service periods.

At the hearing, Hearing Officer Aiden Baum entered four exhibits into the administrative record — the application dated 02/28/2025; an affidavit of Renee Halata dated 03/18/2025; the…

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