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Budget adds EMS coordinator to implement SWAT recommendations; volunteer chiefs voice concern over county control
Summary
County included an EMS coordinator position to analyze countywide EMS and volunteer fire department operations per a prior SWAT analysis; some volunteer chiefs prefer an independent consultant for the initial study and fear county centralization.
Wicomico County administration included a chief EMS coordinator position in the proposed FY26 budget to implement recommendations from a previously completed SWAT analysis of volunteer fire and EMS services.
County staff described the post as an analyst who will work under the county's emergency management structure and meet with fire chiefs across the county to evaluate pathways recommended…
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