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Emergency services seeks six new EMS/fire personnel, replacement in-vehicle computers and station upgrades
Summary
Emergency Services requested six firefighter/paramedic positions to staff a fifth medic unit, a new fire inspector position and capital investments including replacement mobile data terminals, station HVAC, exercise equipment and a fire-extinguisher training simulator.
Chief Troy (Emergency Services) told the board the department is fully staffed for the first time in years but needs expansion to meet call volume and response demands. He asked commissioners to approve three additional firefighter-paramedic positions and three firefighter-EMT positions to staff a fifth medic unit from Station 3 on Harmony Church, relieving pressure on ambulances covering the 400 Corridor.
The nut graf: the personnel requests are tied to operational gaps — Station 2’s ambulance is frequently unavailable, leaving Dawsonville uncovered — and the chief said the county already has…
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