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Greene County ambulance director reports vehicle outages, staffing gains and uncertainty over community paramedic funding
Summary
At a Greene County meeting, the ambulance director outlined current vehicle outages and parts delays, staffing additions of PRN and EMT personnel, rising uniform and certification costs, and unresolved funding for a community paramedic position; the board approved routine minutes and adjourned.
The Greene County ambulance director told county officials that two ambulances were out of service, parts for a third are delayed from Canada, and staffing has improved with new PRN hires and EMT recruits, while the county continues to sort funding and legal details for a community paramedic program and for random drug testing of EMS staff.
The updates were given during a county meeting; the ambulance director reported that “we currently have 2 units that are actually down right now,” and described one unit (identified in the report as Emergency 4) undergoing warranty repairs and another (unit 0069) needing new tires and front tie-rod work that the vendor said was undrivable. A third unit (2986) requires parts sourced from Canada and “they apparently cannot get the parts,” the director said, producing ongoing service constraints.
The director provided operational data for the previous month: “We did a total of 370 calls,” including 49 calls handled by Greene County Rescue. Of the 321 calls handled by Greene County…
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