Fire and EMS present three staffing pathways; full county-employed fire/EMS would raise costs but increase coverage
Fire/EMS staff presented three staffing options to supervisors that range from maintaining current contracted coverage (≈$2.33M) to a county-employed fire/EMS model (≈$2.87M) that would expand 24/7 coverage.
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A Fire/EMS presenter (Neil, Fire/EMS staff member) told the board that call volume has increased and that the county sometimes relies on mutual aid or experiences excessive response times. “We have issues with the need for calling for mutual aid from our neighbors as well as times when we just have excessive response times,” Neil said.
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