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Racine Fire Department shifts EMS costs into separate budget for 2026; council asks for detail
Summary
Fire Chief said EMS supplies, wages and training were moved into a separate EMS budget for 2026, explaining a large increase in EMS line items and corresponding decrease in fire suppression lines; council asked how fee schedule changes and lift-fee revisions affect billing and calls.
Racine — Fire Chief Hansen told the Committee of the Whole that the department restructured its 2026 budget to move EMS-related supplies, wages and benefits out of the fire suppression budget and into a new, stand-alone EMS budget. "In the 2026 budget, we are moving EMS related supplies, wages, salaries, and benefits from the main fire suppression and technical rescue budget to its own budget, which is the EMS budget," Hansen said, noting that the shift explains large year-over-year changes in specific line items.
Hansen said the overall package keeps fire staffing and service…
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