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EMS director reports lower call volumes, training plans and potential $100K–$150K GEMT reimbursement
Summary
EMS Director Joel Knutson reported 71 calls in August, staff training and EMT course plans, and said a GEMT reimbursement process could yield roughly $100,000–$150,000 in annual revenue if the county participates and budgets the required monthly contribution.
Joel Knutson, the county’s EMS director, updated the Board of Supervisors Sept. 3 on department operations, staffing and a federal reimbursement opportunity.
Knutson said the service ran 71 calls in August, down from a busier July. He gave vehicle-mileage figures for three medic units, described efforts to recruit and train staff through local high-school anatomy classes and a winter EMT course offered through North…
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