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Greene County approves paid paramedic training, hears ambulance service update
Summary
Greene County board heard an ambulance services report detailing revenue, call volume, fleet repairs and equipment upgrades, and approved a motion to allow county paramedic students who work for the service to be paid while attending paramedic school.
Speaker 6, an EMS/animal-services representative, told the Greene County board that December ambulance revenue was $92,488.55 and that the county’s ambulance service had a 2025 year-to-date total of $2,031,456.91 — the first time the program surpassed $2 million. He said the service logged 413 calls in December with 323 transports.
Speaker 6 described recent maintenance challenges: unit 450 is at Brexford Ford in Jasper for alternator and sensor work; the county expects repairs by the end of the week. He said a new ambulance will be assigned to Linton Station because it is the busiest station, and explained concerns about older side-load, van‑style chassis that lack power load mechanisms and increase risk of injury and limit access to patients.
The board heard that the local hospital will close its OB delivery services at month’s end. Speaker 6 said the hospital’s medical director, Dr.…
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