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New Canaan EMS highlights volunteer role, rising ambulance costs in FY26 budget briefing
Summary
New Canaan EMS leaders told the Town Council that the all-volunteer corps responded to more than 1,800 calls last year, asked the town to maintain existing operating support (including a $465,000 paramedic contract) and warned that ambulance replacement costs have jumped to roughly $390,000 each.
Alec Montgomery, president of New Canaan EMS, told the Town Council on March 27 that the volunteer emergency service handled more than 1,800 calls in 2024 and logged roughly 28,640 on-duty volunteer hours while providing 24/7 coverage.
Montgomery and John Knight, the corps’ treasurer, outlined the EMS operating request for fiscal year 2026. The presentation said New Canaan EMS is an all‑volunteer service with more than 50 members who ran an estimated 1,860 patient contacts in 2024. Major operating items discussed were the five‑year paramedic…
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