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New EMS director outlines staffing needs, ambulance replacement plans and community paramedic funding
Summary
New EMS director summarized staffing gaps, an ongoing effort to hire PRN personnel and the need to replace an ambulance; council approved an EMS budget without the rescinded 2.7% raise and asked staff to return with details on grant-funded community paramedic positions.
David Sanchez, the county's EMS director, appeared at the council's budget hearing and described staffing, vehicle replacement and program-funding needs for the coming year. He told council he is working to bring on PRN staff and that the agency remains short of its full staffing complement.
Ambulance replacement and procurement was a key point: the director said vehicle lead times and price inflation have…
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