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Committee approves $45,000 transfer for advanced EMS training
Summary
A Tuscaloosa City committee approved a $45,000 budget revision, directing ambulance franchise revenue to advanced paramedic training — including cadaver-based instruction — aimed at retaining medics and expanding continuing education.
A Tuscaloosa City committee on a routine motion approved Budget Revision No. 5 to shift $45,000 from the ambulance franchise revenue stream into the Fire Rescue travel and education budget to fund advanced paramedic training.
Staff said the ambulance franchise revenue typically totals about $130,000 a year and that the transfer would support training for new and existing paramedics. “This is actually some of this will be cadaver training,” said the fire chief (Speaker 3), describing hands-on practice for interosseous injections and needle decompression for collapsed lungs. The chief added the training also supports paramedics who have signed up for school this year.
Committee members framed the transfer as an investment to retain medics. The presiding officer (Speaker 1) said the goal was to “shore up” staffing rather than lose medics to upcoming personnel changes. The motion passed on a voice vote.
The action authorizes the appropriation from the ambulance franchise revenue into the travel/education line for Fire Rescue; the committee did not record an individual roll-call tally in the transcript.
