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Board reviews 2023 EMS plan and discusses Trinity contract, PSA transfer attempts
Summary
Board members discussed the city’s 2023 five‑year EMS plan, Trinity Ambulance’s contract and repeated state denials of a Primary Service Area transfer to the city.
Torrington officials reviewed the municipality’s five‑year EMS plan submitted to the state in 2023 and discussed the city’s relationship with its private ambulance contractor, Trinity Ambulance.
City staff reminded the board that the 2023 plan remains the city’s current five‑year EMS plan and is due for update before 2028. The board opened the agenda item for discussion; no formal amendment of the plan was approved at the meeting.
Chief Orton (department title given in transcript) told the board that the city’s fire department is a supplemental EMS provider and that Trinity holds the Primary Service Area (PSA) for both BLS and ALS care. “OEMS is not inclined to give it to a…
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