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Sullivan County outlines $500,000 EMS grant plan as residents flag local response gaps
Summary
County public safety staff described deliverables for a $500,000 EMS grant starting July 1, including scholarships for EMT training and monthly stats for EMS agencies; a resident said Gravesville has seen repeated delays in ambulance responses.
Sullivan County public safety officials told the Public Safety Committee they are preparing deliverables for a $500,000 EMS grant that takes effect July 1 and includes free EMT education and workforce expansion, and committee members heard a resident describe repeated response delays in one community.
Alex, a Sullivan County public safety official, said the county was one of 11 in the state awarded the $500,000 EMS grant and that staff are lining up projects so they can "hit the road running" when the grant begins July 1. "A part of that is gonna be free EMS education, EMT…
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