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Boston EMS outlines staffing, call volume and a $86.8 million FY26 budget request to council
Summary
Boston EMS told the City Council committee it handled more than 140,000 clinical incidents in 2024, is expanding staffing and alternative response units, and projects a FY26 operating budget of $86.8 million largely driven by wages and collective bargaining.
Boston Emergency Medical Services Chief James Hooley told the City Council Committee on Ways and Means on May 8 that Boston EMS responded to a high volume of calls in 2024, is expanding recruitment and retention efforts and requested $86.8 million for the FY26 operating budget.
“We are 1 of the busiest, if not the busiest, municipal ambulance services in all of New England,” Chief Hooley said, describing the department’s staffing, training and alternative-response programs.
The chief told councilors Boston EMS comprises about 440 uniformed members and 32 non-uniformed personnel, and that the department answered “over…
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