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Milwaukee committee backs 10‑year EMS provider agreement and annual recertifications
Summary
The Public Safety & Health Committee recommended adoption of a new 10‑year emergency medical services contract that adds enforceability provisions and reconciles operations with dispatch systems, and it approved annual recertification of four ambulance providers to ensure insurance, background checks and performance monitoring.
The Milwaukee Common Council Public Safety & Health Committee on Dec. 4 recommended adoption of a new 10‑year service agreement intended to give the city stronger enforcement tools over private ambulance providers and preserve continuity of 911 emergency medical services.
Chief Aaron Lipsky and Assistant Chief Joshua Parrish of the Milwaukee Fire Department described the contract as the result of several years of negotiation with the city's primary providers — Bell Ambulance, Curtis Ambulance, Superior and Event Medical Solutions — and said it would run roughly through 2036 once the file is passed and signatures are completed. Assistant City Attorney Andrea Fowler told the committee the agreement…
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