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Carmel adds ambulance staffing, police hiring increases; fire chief cites high cardiac arrest survival rate
Summary
City leaders said council funding added paramedic staffing to Station 2, new police training classes are underway after a large applicant pool, and fire leaders reported a 59% cardiac-arrest survival rate tied to police–fire collaboration and nearby hospitals.
CARMEL, Ind. — Carmel officials said the city has expanded emergency medical coverage on the west side and is actively recruiting police officers while reporting strong cardiac-arrest outcomes.
Councilors said they funded additional ambulance staffing to improve advanced life support response in southwest Clay Township. Fire Chief Joel Thacker said a transport medic (referred to in the meeting as Medic 2) entered service March 1 at Station 2 and is cross‑trained for fire responses; he credited quicker…
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