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Fire chief warns of rising ambulance repair costs and farther hospital transports after local closure
3396977 · May 20, 2025
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Summary
In the council reports, the fire/EMS chief said expensive ambulance repairs are pending, the department borrows mutual-aid units, and patient transports are increasingly going to facilities outside Cortland after a local hospital closure.
During the reports section of the Cortland City Council meeting on May 19, the fire/EMS chief (identified in the transcript as Keith Morris) told council that the city will likely see about $6,000 in repairs to an aging ambulance and that another squad required recent repairs. He said one of the older…
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