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Giles County hears urgent pleas from EMS staff; commission narrows options for ambulance facility
Summary
Multiple EMS employees and residents urged pay increases, improved staffing and better facilities; the commission passed a resolution to stop pursuing renovation of the current EMS building and focus on new or different sites after debate.
Giles County residents and emergency medical services employees urged county commissioners to improve pay, staffing and facilities during a long public comment period, saying morale and retention are suffering and station conditions are inadequate.
Cheryl Allberry, a nurse and former first responder, told the commission EMS had lost three workers to Marshall County and described current staffing shortages: "They need six more bodies to be fully staffed," she said, and warned the county was falling behind neighboring counties on pay. EMS employees who spoke at an open house and in public comment described sleeping arrangements they called unsafe and equipment and ambulances left exposed to weather.
Several EMS employees described the operational impact. "The…
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